WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 549

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 549
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS
NORTHERN MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1045 AM
UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF
SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

&&

DISCUSSION...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AND
POSSIBLY INCREASE IN AREA OF SUSTAINED LOW-LVL WAA/MOISTURE
TRANSPORT ASSOCIATED WITH SRN PART OF UPR IMPULSE EJECTING NNE
ACROSS NEB/SD. GIVEN QUALITY OF MOIST INFLOW...RELATIVELY STEEP
MID-LVL LAPSE RATES...AND PRESENCE OF SUFFICIENT CLOUD-LAYER SHEAR
FOR SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SVR HAIL AND
POSSIBLY LOCALLY DMGG WIND. DEVELOPMENT ALSO MAY BE ENHANCED BY
LOW-LVL UPLIFT NEAR W-E...OUTFLOW-REINFORCED WARM FRONT OVER NRN MO.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...CORFIDI

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