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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 574
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WW0574 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 574
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   755 AM CDT SUN JUL 12 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 755 AM UNTIL 100
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
   OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT LEONARD WOOD
   MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 573...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF ISOLATED CELLS
   INVOF SURFACE FRONT AND PERHAPS A MORE ORGANIZED BOWING LINE
   SHIFTING SEWD ACROSS WW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING.  LARGE
   HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER
   STORMS...ALTHOUGH WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL WOULD INCREASE SHOULD MCS
   MAINTAIN INTENSITY AS IT TURNS MORE SEWD THIS MORNING.
   
   AVIATION...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 33035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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