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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 142
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 142
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   920 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA
          LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST MISSOURI
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 920 PM
   UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES 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 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST
   SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHENANDOAH
   IOWA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 141...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN STRONG WARM ADVECTION ALONG
   AND N OF WARM FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDING EWD ACROSS CENTRAL KS TO WRN
   MO.  AS UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES AND LOW LEVEL JET
   INCREASES...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR ELEVATED
   SUPERCELLS ACROSS NERN KS INTO NWRN MO.  PRIMARY THREAT EXPECTED TO
   BE LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY
   SUPERCELL AND LINE SEGMENTS THAT DEVELOP. ADDITIONAL ELEVATED
   STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ALONG CENTRAL NE/KS BORDER WILL TRACK ENEWD
   ACROSS SERN NE INTO SWRN IA OVERNIGHT WITH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL
   AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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