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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 33

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

ISSUED BY 15TH OWS SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IL

1255 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS

  WESTERN MISSOURI

  SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH 20Z IN

ADVANCE OF DRY LINE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT.  SBCAPE HAS INCREASED TO

1000+ J/KG IN CLEARING AHEAD OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY.  STRONG

LOW/MID LEVEL SHEAR OF 50+KTS OVERLAPS THE HIGHER INSTABILITY IN

ADVANCE OF STRONG MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL

SUPPORT THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





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