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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 73...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1155 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
   
   CORRECTED FOR  WATCH REPLACEMENTS
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN ILLINOIS
          EASTERN KANSAS
          MOST OF MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL 1000
   PM CST.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
   THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
   POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA
   KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 69...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER
   70...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 71...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
   WATCH NUMBER 72. WATCH NUMBER 69 70 71 72 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
   AFTER 1155 AM CST. 
   
   DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
   EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A PARTICULARLY INTENSE UPPER TROUGH
   AND JET STREAM MOVING INTO CENTRAL U.S.  IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE
   HAIL...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING LONG TRACK TORNADOES
   LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  STORMS WILL INITIATE VICINITY OF
   DRY LINE ERN KS AND ADDITIONALLY VICINITY WARM FRONT EXTENDING EWD
   ACROSS MO INTO IL.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HALES