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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 214

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

730 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

       SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

       SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

       NORTHERN OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM UNTIL

200 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF

MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MONETT

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...CONTINUE...WW 208...WW 209...WW

210...WW 211...WW 212...WW 213...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED

TO MOVE/DEVELOP ESE ALONG WARM FRONT FROM SW AND S CNTRL KS INTO

PARTS OF SE KS AND NRN/NERN OK LATER THIS EVE AS SLY LLJ STRENGTHENS

AND SLIGHTLY VEERS IN RESPONSE TO BOTH DIURNAL CYCLE AND CONTINUED

EWD MOVEMENT OF UPR IMPULSE NOW ENTERING SW KS.  MOIST LWR

TROPOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT /PER 00Z OKC RAOB/ AND MODEST EXPECTED

INCREASE IN WLY 700-500 MB FLOW SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE

TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/DMGG WIND.  WIND THREAT MAY

INCREASE RELATIVE TO OTHER SVR THREATS LATER TNGT IF STORMS EVOLVE

INTO A SQLN/QLCS...AS MIGHT OCCUR GIVEN CURRENT CONCENTRATION OF

STORMS NOW ENTERING S CNTRL KS FROM THE DDC AREA.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...CORFIDI/EDWARDS

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