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Tornado Watch 560
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WW0560 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High High

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 560
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   655 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM UNTIL
   200 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT
   JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 75 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 555...WW 556...WW
   557...WW 558...WW 559...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE
   SURFACE WARM FRONT IN NW MO...AND W OF STL WHERE A SMALL OUTFLOW
   BOUNDARY INTERSECTS THE FRONT.  A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE
   ALONG AND S OF THE BOUNDARY WHERE MLCAPE IS NEAR 5000 J/KG...AND
   EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR NEAR 50 KT WILL FAVOR SUPERCELLS. 
   ADDITIONALLY...EFFECTIVE SRH OF 200-400 M2/S2 AND A MOIST BOUNDARY
   LAYER WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES WITH ANY DISCRETE STORMS IN
   THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  VERY LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.  LATER
   TONIGHT...THE DEVELOPING STORMS COULD EVOLVE INTO ONE OR MORE
   CLUSTERS...OR THE BOWING MCS IN ERN NEB COULD DEVELOP SEWD ALONG THE
   FRONT...WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   650. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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