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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 51

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN IOWA

  EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS

  NORTHERN MISSOURI

  SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 4-7 PM

CDT ALONG A STALLED FRONT. A COUPLE EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS SHOULD

DEVELOP WITH ALL SEVERE HAZARDS POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN

NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...GRAMS

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