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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1110 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM 1110 AM

UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO

    2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT MISSOURI.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 113...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY

INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY INCLUDING AN EVOLVING

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...IN ADDITION TO DISCRETE SUPERCELLS.

THE ENVIRONMENT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL

MISSOURI MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY CONDUCIVE TO A STRONG TORNADO OR

TWO...IN ADDITION TO THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...KERR

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