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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 212

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

330 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southeast Kansas

  Central and Southwest Missouri

  Northeast Oklahoma



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 330 PM

  until 1100 PM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



* Primary threats include...

  Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely

  Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to develop across the watch

area this afternoon and spread northeastward through the evening.

Supercells capable of very large hail, damaging winds, and strong

tornadoes are possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles

north and south of a line from 60 miles west southwest of Tulsa OK

to 60 miles east northeast of Knob Noster MO. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 211...



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

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Hart

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