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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI TO 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



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DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST

KS AND WESTERN/CENTRAL MO.  STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE OVER

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE RISK OF A FEW SUPERCELL STORMS.

LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE THREAT OF A

FEW TORNADOES /PERHAPS STRONG/.  HIGH CAPE VALUES AND STEEP MID

LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL ALSO POSE A RISK OF VERY LARGE HAIL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HART

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