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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN

MISSOURI TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ALVA OKLAHOMA.  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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG A WEAK SURFACE

BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHERN OK INTO SOUTHEAST KS.  STRONG

INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL

STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  STRENGTHENING

WIND FIELDS THIS EVENING MAY ALSO PROMOTE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...HART

