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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 218

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

525 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 525

  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND

SPREAD GENERALLY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH

OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND MODERATE

SHEAR...PARTICULARLY IN VICINITY OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...WILL

SUPPORT A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A

TORNADO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF

COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF VICHY MISSOURI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 213...WW 214...WW

215...WW 216...WW 217...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 22025.





...GUYER

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