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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 470

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

945 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PART OF WESTERN ILLINOIS

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM

UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF

KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MONETT

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 466...WW 467...WW

468...WW 469...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS ERN KS INTO

NRN OK WILL CONTINUE RAPIDLY NEWD AHEAD OF INTENSE UPPER TROUGH.

WHILE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING

WINDS...TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.





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