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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 188

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 745 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

WEST PLAINS MISSOURI TO 60 MILES NORTH OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 185...WW 186...WW 187...



DISCUSSION...A NARROW WEDGE OF MOISTURE/BUOYANCY HAS SPREAD INTO

SOUTH CENTRAL MO AHEAD OF NWD DEVELOPING SQUALL LINE WHERE SFC DEW

POINTS ARE APPROACHING 60F.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG

THIS DEVELOPING LINE AS IT SPREADS ENEWD ACROSS SRN MO.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...DARROW

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