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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 149

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

455 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Eastern Kansas

  Western and Central Missouri



* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 455 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will gradually move east into the Watch area

this evening.  Increasing moisture and strengthening shear will

favor organized storms, included supercell and line segments. 

Upscale growth is likely to eventually occur later this evening with

the threat transitioning to primarily a risk tornadoes and damaging

gusts.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of Kansas City MO to

35 miles west southwest of Joplin MO. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU9).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 145...WW 146...WW

147...WW 148...



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 24035.



...Smith