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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH  CENTRAL MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM UNTIL

300 AM CST.



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 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN

MISSOURI TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICHY MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 20...WW 21...WW 23...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS ARE TRACKING EASTWARD

ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS THIS EVENING...AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MO

IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES AND THE LOW

LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS.  STRONG LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE

FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.  STRONG TORNADOES WILL ALSO

BE A THREAT WITH ANY LONG-LIVED CIRCULATIONS.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...HART

