WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 180

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 180
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
550 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 550
PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST
PLAINS MISSOURI TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CHILLICOTHE
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 172...WW 173...WW
174...WW 175...WW 176...WW 177...WW 178...WW 179...

DISCUSSION...LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MIXED MODE OF SMALL
CLUSTERS/LINES AS WELL AS DISCRETE DEVELOPMENT...WILL CONTINUE
MOVING EWD INTO CENTRAL MO EARLY THIS EVENING. AIR MASS REMAINS
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND SHEAR WILL INCREASE ALONG NOSE OF SLY LLJ
THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WILL
LIKELY ACCOMPANY STRONGER CORES...WITH TORNADO POTENTIAL INCREASING
AS LLJ INTENSIFIES THIS EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25020.

..EVANS

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