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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 116

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1020 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southern Iowa

  Western and Northern Missouri



* Effective this Tuesday morning and evening from 1020 AM until

  600 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Storms will likely continue to intensify and organize,

including supercells, as they further develop and move northeastward

across the region today, with steady destabilization into afternoon

as heating occurs and cloud breaks occur.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest of Knoxville IA

to 10 miles south southeast of Knob Noster MO. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



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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 23040.



...Guyer