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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 443

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS

       MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 439...WW 440...WW

441...WW 442...



DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL HAVE DEVELOP UPSTREAM FROM WATCH ACROSS SERN

NEB/NERN KS.  AIR MASS ACROSS WATCH EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND FAVORABLY

SHEARED TO SUPPORT CONTINUATION OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS TRACKING

ESEWD ACROSS NRN MO.



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 29030.





...HALES

