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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 714

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

530 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       MUCH OF MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 530

PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONETT

MISSOURI TO 70 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 709. WATCH NUMBER 709 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

530 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 710...WW 711...WW 712...WW 713...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM

SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL MO...WHILE NEW STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO

FORM AHEAD OF LINE.  ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY AFFECT MUCH OF MO THROUGH

THE EVENING  AS VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH SWEEPS ACROSS REGION.

SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL ARE

POSSIBLE.



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 24035.





...HART

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