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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 299

STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

112 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001



THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



   EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           

   SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS                             

   EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI                           

   NORTHERN OKLAHOMA                           



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 700

PM CDT.



HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES

NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE

KANSAS TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT MISSOURI.



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE

TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 297...WW 298...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER SRN KS ALONG NRN

EDGE OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH SBCAPE TO 3500 J/KG.  HEATING

WILL CONTINUE TO THE SOUTH OF THE STORMS...AND MODERATELY STRONG

WNWLY FLOW ALOFT IS RESULTING IN FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR TO AID

DEVELOPMENT/MAINTENANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.



ADDITIONAL WATCHES...AREAS FROM NERN/EAST CENTRAL CO INTO WRN KS

BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE WWS. 





AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.  MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29035.





...WEISS



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