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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 214
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS WESTERN OKLAHOMA WESTERN NORTH TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KS...AND ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER WESTERN OK. IT APPEARS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS MAY AFFECT THE WATCH AREA TODAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.