TORNADO WATCH FOR S.W. KANSAS AND A FEW COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA FOR THIS EVENING/TONIGHT.

The radar pretty much says it all.  Large supercells are likely with golf ball+ size hail winds over 70mph in non-tornadic cells. The parameters are there and the radar backs it up. SW Kansas is on for a rough night.  The system will intensify in the next few hours to numerous supercells and plenty of reports of damaging winds.

  URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED    TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 281    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK    600 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008       THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A    TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF              SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS       EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING FROM 600 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT.       TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 60 STATUTE    MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY    KANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS.  FOR A    COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE    UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).       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 278...WW 279...WW 280...       DISCUSSION...WELL DEFINED SUPERCELLS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WRN KS    EARLY THIS EVENING.  VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL    REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PRIMARY TO EVOLUTION INTO    LARGER MCS LATER THIS EVENING WHEN DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL WILL ALSO    INCREASE.