Tornado Watch 281

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 281
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
600 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING FROM 600 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY
KANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS. 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 278
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WW 279
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WW 280
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DISCUSSION...WELL DEFINED SUPERCELLS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WRN KS
EARLY THIS EVENING. VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PRIMARY TO EVOLUTION INTO
LARGER MCS LATER THIS EVENING WHEN DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL WILL ALSO
INCREASE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29025.
...EVANS