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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 116

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

  WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS

  NORTHERN MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

STRENGTH NEAR SLOWLY MOVING WARM FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN

MISSOURI/SOUTHWEST IOWA...WHERE LOW-LEVEL VEERING WIND PROFILES AND

SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE HEATING COULD SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-LEVEL

MESOCYCLONES AND TORNADOES....IN ADDITION TO SEVERE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF SHENANDOAH

IOWA TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 115...



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...CORFIDI

