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Tornado Watch 119
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WW0119 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 119
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   955 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
     EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS
     SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM
     UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA
   MISSOURI TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GROVE OKLAHOMA.  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.
   
   &&
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 114. WATCH NUMBER 114 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   955 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 116...WW 117...WW 118...
   
   DISCUSSION...CONVECTION ALONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE
   INTO A MORE SOLID SQUALL LINE OVERNIGHT AS A WEAK SURFACE WAVE
   GRADUALLY FORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MO.  THOUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL
   STABILIZE GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT...THE PRESENCE OF LOW 60S DEW POINTS
   WILL MAINTAIN SURFACE-BASED STORMS.  MEANWHILE...THE LLJ WILL
   CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN...RESULTING IN STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND AN
   ATTENDANT RISK FOR EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS WITH A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.
    OTHERWISE...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED/MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL
   BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS OVERNIGHT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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