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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1125 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN IOWA

  EASTERN KANSAS

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES

IOWA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 92...WW 93...WW 94...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT

MOVES INTO A DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS MO AND IA. DEEP

LAYER WINDS AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE

FOR BOWING SEGMENTS AND EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF

PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADOES.



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.





...DIAL

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