WW 114 TORNADO IL KS MO 171610Z – 180300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1110 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM 1110 AM
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO
2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT MISSOURI. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 113...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY
INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY INCLUDING AN EVOLVING
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...IN ADDITION TO DISCRETE SUPERCELLS.
THE ENVIRONMENT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY CONDUCIVE TO A STRONG TORNADO OR
TWO...IN ADDITION TO THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.
...KERR
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0114.html
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