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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 43

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

525 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern Missouri



* Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 525

  PM until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Low-level moisture will continue to stream into the region

with storms increasing from west/southwest to east/northeast across

southern Missouri this evening. This will include the possibility of

relatively isolated supercells initially, with the possibility of a

more mixed convective mode evolving this evening. Damaging winds and

a few tornadoes are expected along with the possibility of some

hail.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

north and south of a line from 65 miles west southwest of Fort

Leonard Wood MO to 45 miles northeast of Poplar Bluff MO. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 39...WW 40...WW 41...WW

42...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 22040.



...Guyer

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