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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 180
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN ILLINOIS
EASTERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 445 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
WEST PLAINS MISSOURI TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF QUINCY
ILLINOIS. 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 177...WW 178...WW 179...
DISCUSSION...TSTMS IN PROGRESS OVER CNTRL MO ARE EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT INCREASES ACROSS THE
REGION THIS EVENING. WHILE INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN MARGINAL WITH
MLCAPE OF GENERALLY LESS 500 J/KG...THE PRESENCE OF STRONG VERTICAL
SHEAR AND INCREASED FORCING FOR ASCENT INDICATE A RISK OF EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A
COUPLE OF TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.
...MEAD
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