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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 99

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CDT Wed Mar 29 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Kansas

  Western and south-central Missouri



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 350 PM

  until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...The air mass continues to gradually destabilize to the

east of a surface low and along/south of a northward-spreading warm

front across eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Severe hail may be

the most common risk initially. With time, a tornado risk may

increase particularly across parts of western/southern Missouri

where damaging winds will also be a concern.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

east and west of a line from 10 miles east northeast of Olathe KS to

50 miles south southeast of Springfield MO. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU9).



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 98...



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 20035.



...Guyer

