Tornado Watch 361

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 361
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS
PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3.5 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 80 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RUSSELL KANSAS TO 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA 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 357
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WW 358
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WW
359
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WW 360
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DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOP E/NE FROM SWRN
KS ALONG AND SO OF THE VERY UNSTABLE INSTABILITY GRADIENT. WITH
50KT OF SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES...SUPERCELLS INCLUDING VERY
LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL BE LIKELY.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HALES