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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 499
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1110 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1110 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   TOPEKA KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 494...WW 495...WW
   496...WW 497...WW 498...
   
   DISCUSSION...S CNTRL KS SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD AT 35 KTS. 
   DIURNAL COOLING AND PROPAGATION OF CONVECTION EWD WELL IN ADVANCE OF
   NE NM UPR VORT SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO GRADUAL WEAKENING OF UPDRAFTS
   WITH TIME.  HOWEVER...VWP...PROFILER AND RADAR DATA SUGGEST THAT
   SYSTEM HAS A STRONG ENOUGH REAR INFLOW JET/LARGER SCALE ORGANIZATION
   TO SUPPORT A CONTINUED THREAT FOR HIGH WIND INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 26035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI