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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 450

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

750 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 750 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A CLUSTER OF STRONG-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK

SOUTHWARD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING...POSING A

RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS ALONG ITS LEADING EDGE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



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AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 35025.





...HART

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