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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 150

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

315 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northwest Arkansas

  Southeast Kansas

  Southwest Missouri

  Eastern Oklahoma



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 315 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely



SUMMARY...Rapid severe storm development is expected soon across

southeast Kansas, and these storms will likely grow upscale quickly

this evening while surging southeastward into northeast Oklahoma,

southwest Missouri, and northwest Arkansas.  The initial storms

could be supercells with the potential for a couple of tornadoes and

very large hail.  Embedded supercells and bowing segments are

expected later this evening with upscale growth of the storms into a

squall line, and an increasing threat for widespread/significant

wind damage.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles

north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of Tulsa OK to 10

miles south of Monett MO. For a complete depiction of the watch see

the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean

storm motion vector 32035.



...Thompson

