Tornado Watch 395

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 395
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
1000 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 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 394
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DISCUSSION...CAP IS ERODING QUICKLY WITH STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF
APPROACHING SURFACE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL SUPPORT
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING. AIR MASS IS VERY
UNSTABLE WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 40-50 KT FAVORING
SUPERCELLS...LIKELY SPLITTING WITHIN UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR. ALONG
WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS...LOW LEVEL SHEAR SHOULD
REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR TORNADO THREAT DESPITE THE VEERED LOW LEVEL
FLOW /ESPECIALLY WITH RIGHT SPLITS/.
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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.
...EVANS