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Tornado Watch 186
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 186
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   625 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
     FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
     SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM
     UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY
     NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXPECTED WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT
       GUSTS TO 90 MPH POSSIBLE
     NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS EXPECTED WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
       EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT MISSOURI.  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.
   
   &&
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 180...WW 181...WW
   182...WW 183...WW 184...WW 185...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINES OF SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
   MOVE GENERALLY ENE ACROSS WRN/CNTRL AND NRN MO THIS EVE. THESE MAY
   PRODUCE SEVERAL LONG SWATHS OF DMGG WIND AND SVR HAIL...IN ADDITION
   TO A FEW TORNADOES. STORMS NOW FORMING ALONG THE KS-MO BORDER
   EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...AND EXPAND NWD AS
   THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TOWARD THE SZL/COU/JEF AREAS LATER THIS EVE.
   AT THE SAME TIME...UPSTREAM LARGE-SCALE BOW NOW CROSSING THE ERN KS
   FLINT HILLS SHOULD MAINTAIN INTENSITY AS IT CONTINUES INTO WRN MO
   AND THE MKC AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH 70 KT 500 MB SPEED MAX ROUNDING
   SE QUADRANT OF NEB UPR LOW..
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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