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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 431

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

945 PM CST Fri Nov 30 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  southeast Kansas

  southwest and south central Missouri



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 945 PM

  until 500 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms is forecast to shift northeast out

of Oklahoma into southeast Kansas and southern Missouri over the

next few hours.  Hail and a few damaging wind gusts are expected,

along with potential for a brief tornado or two.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

north and south of a line from 30 miles south southwest of Chanute

KS to 40 miles southeast of Fort Leonard Wood MO. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 429...WW 430...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 23040.



...Goss

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