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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 146

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

845 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

       SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 845 AM UNTIL 400

PM 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 105 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF CHANDLER

OKLAHOMA TO 75 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 145...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING

THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OK AND SOUTHWEST MO.  OTHER

STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM ON THE COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL OK.  ALL

STORMS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS

THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.  MEANWHILE...VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE

QUITE STRONG /SRH AOA 350 M2/S2/ SUGGESTING THE POTENTIAL FOR

TORNADOES IN STRONGER CELLS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON.



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 25030.





...HART

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