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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 155

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1140 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southeast Kansas

  Southwest Missouri



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1140 PM

  until 700 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...An intense bowing line will continue northeast and move

across a large portion of the Watch area overnight.  Strong

low-level shear and a moist and unstable airmass will support the

potential for embedded supercells and mesovortices capable of

tornadoes and severe gusts.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 45 miles west southwest of Chanute KS

to 70 miles east of Springfield MO. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 149...WW 150...WW

151...WW 152...WW 153...WW 154...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 22045.



...Smith