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Tornado Watch 52
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   350 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST KANSAS
          CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   FORT SILL OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...CU/TCU FIELD CONTINUES TO GROW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
   OK...WHILE AIRMASS DESTABILIZES INTO SOUTHEAST KS.  LEADING EDGE OF
   STRONGER FORCING IS MOVING THROUGH THE TX PANHANDLE AND WILL LIKELY
   RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM INITIATION SOON OVER WESTERN OK. 
   THESE STORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA DURING THE LATE
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES WILL
   PROMOTE SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH A RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES.
   
   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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
   
   
   ...HART
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