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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 437
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   130 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KANSAS
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
   900 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...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 70 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI
   TO 50 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
   THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU7).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 435. WATCH NUMBER 435 WILL NOT BE IN
   EFFECT AFTER 130 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 436...
   
   DISCUSSION...AIR MASS NOW EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPES IN EXCESS
   OF 4000 J/KG  ACROSS WATCH AREA.  WITH ONGOING SEVERE STORMS NRN MO
   CONTINUING AND BOUNDARIES EXTENDING WWD ACROSS NRN MO NEW
   DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED  .  SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS ACCOMPANIED
   BY VERY LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.  STORMS WILL
   DEVELOP S AND W WITH TIME INTO ERN KS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NOW 
   ACROSS CENTRAL KS.
   
   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 27020.
   
   
   ...HALES