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Tornado Watch 451
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WW0451 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 451
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1220 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          A SMALL PART OF EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS
          CENTRAL MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1220 PM UNTIL 400 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF OLATHE
   KANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 450...
   
   DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS HAVE EVOLVED ALONG A WNW-ESE ORIENTED
   BAROCLINIC ZONE WHERE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS BEING MAXIMIZED.  THE
   ORIENTATION OF THIS BOUNDARY RELATIVE TO THE OBSERVED STORM MOTIONS
   SHOULD ALLOW THE ONGOING ACTIVITY TO RESIDE WITHIN A FAVORABLY
   SHEARED AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  AS
   SUCH...EXPECT THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL TO EXIST WITH
   ANY MORE SUSTAINED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.  WITH TIME...ACTIVITY MAY
   GROW UPSCALE INTO A CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
   WINDS BECOMING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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