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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 109

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

735 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 735 AM UNTIL

400 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF

KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO 80 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF VICHY

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 108...



DISCUSSION...STRONG INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO FUEL VIGOROUS DEEP

CONVECTION AS FRONTAL ZONE INTENSIFIES AND SWEEPS ESEWD ACROSS MO

THROUGH THE DAY. LIFT AND SHEAR ALONG THE BOUNDARY ARE EXPECTED TO

INCREASE AS HEIGHT FALLS AND STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW SPREAD EAST

FROM THE CNTRL PLAINS. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS ORGANIZED

STORMS /IN THE FORM OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS/ WITH

ACCOMPANYING THREATS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...CARBIN/HART

