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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 458

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

610 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS

  NORTHWEST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY EVENING FROM 610 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF STORMS...SOME WITH SUPERCELL

CHARACTERISTICS...SHOULD PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING ACROSS

NORTHWEST MISSOURI.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT IS MARGINALLY FAVORABLE

FOR A TORNADO OR TWO...ALONG WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS AND SOME

HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

LEAVENWORTH KANSAS TO 15 MILES EAST 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.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.





...THOMPSON

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