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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 34

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

455 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 455 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MONETT MISSOURI.

 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 33...



DISCUSSION...SCTD SMALL CLUSTERS/SHORT BANDS OF SUSTAINED

STORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG AND AHEAD OF COLD FRONT

MOVING RAPIDLY E ACROSS MO THIS EVE. STRENGTH OF ASSOCIATED MID-LVL

DISTURBANCE AND JET STREAK /70 KT WSW FLOW AT 700 MB/ SUGGEST A

CONTINUED RISK FOR SVR HAIL...WIND...AND TORNADOES ...DESPITE ONSET

OF DIURNAL COOLING AND EWD MOVEMENT OF COLD FRONT BEYOND LOW-LVL

THETA-E AXIS. THE TORNADO THREAT SHOULD BE GREATEST OVER THE NEXT

2-3 HOURS OVER CENTRAL MO...WHERE IT APPEARS THAT THE

JUXTAPOSITIONING OF WIND AND THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS MOST

FAVORABLE FOR LOW-LVL MESOCYCLONES WILL EXIST.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25050.





...CORFIDI

