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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 368

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

645 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST KANSAS

  NORTHWEST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA

KANSAS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 367...



DISCUSSION...A DEVELOPING CLUSTER OF STORMS IN NE KS APPEARS IT WILL

CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS EVENING WHILE SPREADING TOWARD NW MO.

THE ENVIRONMENT FAVORS SUPERCELLS INITIALLY WITH STRONG INSTABILITY

AND DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS

THE MAIN THREATS.  ADDITIONALLY...A COUPLE TORNADOES WILL BE

POSSIBLE THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH SUPERCELLS AS LOW-LEVEL SHEAR

INCREASES SOME IN A MOIST PROFILE.  OTHERWISE...STORMS MAY

EVENTUALLY GROW INTO MORE OF A SMALL MCS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO

PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28025.





...THOMPSON

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