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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY WITH

SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY EVOLVE WITH A RISK FOR VERY LARGE

HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.  A TRANSITION TO BOWING LINE SEGMENTS

MIXED WITH SUPERCELLS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT WITH A CONTINUED

RISK FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND CORRIDORS OF WIND DAMAGE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...MEAD

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY WITH

SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY EVOLVE WITH A RISK FOR VERY LARGE

HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.  A TRANSITION TO BOWING LINE SEGMENTS

MIXED WITH SUPERCELLS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT WITH A CONTINUED

RISK FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND CORRIDORS OF WIND DAMAGE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...MEAD

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