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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 393
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WICHITA
KANSAS TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 390...WW 391...WW 392...
DISCUSSION...AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS NOW
RESIDES E OF DRY LINE. DRY LINE RUNS N/S ALONG WRN EDGE OF WATCH.
WITH APPROACH OF MID LEVEL TROUGH THE ENHANCED SHEAR WILL RESULT IN
RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED
WHICH WILL INCLUDE VERY LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG
TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 650.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24020.
...HALES
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