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Tornado Watch 305
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WW0305 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 305
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
          FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHERN MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 75 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA
   MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 304. WATCH NUMBER 304 WILL NOT BE IN
   EFFECT AFTER 1250 PM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...WARM FRONT IS GETTING MORE DEFINED E-W ACROSS NRN MO
   JUST NORTH OF THE MO RIVER.  EXPECT CLUSTER OF STORMS TO EVOLVE INTO
   A BOWING MCS OR CYCLIC HP-SUPERCELL MOVING ESEWD ALONG THIS BOUNDARY
   THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS AIR MASS DESTABILIZES AND WEAKENS CAP. 
   LARGE HAIL WILL BE COMMON WITH THE STRONGER CORES...EVEN NORTH OF
   THE WARM FRONT WITH ELEVATED STORMS.  ACTIVITY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE
   BOUNDARY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL TORNADO/DAMAGING WIND HAZARDS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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