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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