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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 186

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY

  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXPECTED WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT

    GUSTS TO 90 MPH POSSIBLE

  NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS EXPECTED WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF

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

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 180...WW 181...WW

182...WW 183...WW 184...WW 185...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINES OF SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO

MOVE GENERALLY ENE ACROSS WRN/CNTRL AND NRN MO THIS EVE. THESE MAY

PRODUCE SEVERAL LONG SWATHS OF DMGG WIND AND SVR HAIL...IN ADDITION

TO A FEW TORNADOES. STORMS NOW FORMING ALONG THE KS-MO BORDER

EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...AND EXPAND NWD AS

THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TOWARD THE SZL/COU/JEF AREAS LATER THIS EVE.

AT THE SAME TIME...UPSTREAM LARGE-SCALE BOW NOW CROSSING THE ERN KS

FLINT HILLS SHOULD MAINTAIN INTENSITY AS IT CONTINUES INTO WRN MO

AND THE MKC AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH 70 KT 500 MB SPEED MAX ROUNDING

SE QUADRANT OF NEB UPR LOW..



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...CORFIDI

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