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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 750

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

       PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF FORT

LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE

KANSAS.  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.



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND

INTENSITY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS NWD MOVING WARM FRONT HAS ALLOWED

AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MDTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO FLOW INTO AREA.

VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE AND WITH CINH NEARLY

GONE...STRONG UPDRAFTS COULD DEVELOP INTO SUPERCELLS THRU THE

AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING

WINDS...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL THAT FORMS.



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 24035.





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