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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 359

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS

       PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE

MISSOURI TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OLATHE KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 357...WW 358...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STEADILY INCREASINGLY ALONG BOUNDARY

FROM NCENTRAL MO/IA BORDER TO E CENTRAL KS.  WITH THE AIRMASS NOW

VERY UNSTABLE AND UNCAPPED...ALONG WITH 50-60KT OF

SHEAR...SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF THE LINE

THRU THE REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON.  ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS/LARGE

HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





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