Tornado Watch 376

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 376
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
745 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
EASTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT FROM 745 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 95 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 374
. WATCH NUMBER 374 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
745 PM CDT. CONTINUE...
WW 375
...
DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS
EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN ENVIRONMENT OF MODEST DEEP SHEAR BUT RICH
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND ENHANCED 0-1 SRH INVOF COMPOSITE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES. TORNADO THREAT ATTM APPEARS GREATEST IN THREE
AREAS.../1/ S CNTRL KS...NEAR COLD FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
INTERSECTION.../2/ IN NE OK...WITH STORM CLUSTER ALONG
NNW-SSE-ORIENTED BOUNDARY...AND /3/ IN THE SE TX PANHANDLE...WHERE
LOW-LEVEL INFLOW IN STRONGEST. NOCTURNAL INCREASE IN SLY LLJ MAY
SLIGHTLY ENHANCE TORNADO THREAT FOR A SHORT WHILE AFTER SUNSET...BUT
OVERALL THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS STORMS DESTRUCTIVELY
INTERFERE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26020.
...CORFIDI