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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 493

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

210 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN IOWA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS

  NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3

    INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A RAPID INCREASE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.  INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL

INCLUDE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS...BEFORE UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A SQUALL

LINE OCCURS AHEAD OF A SOUTHEASTWARD ADVANCING COLD FRONT.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF

SHENANDOAH IOWA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE

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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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 27035.





...KERR

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