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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 565
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   400 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN ILLINOIS
          PARTS OF MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 1000
   PM 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 ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI
   TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS.
   
   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 562...WW 563...WW 564...
   
   DISCUSSION...WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS CENTRAL/SRN MO AND
   40-50 KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY
   DEVELOP SWRN MO AND MOVE NEWD. WITH AVAILABLE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY
   SUPERCELLS EXPECTED INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. 
   ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING NEWD ALONG AND N OF RETURNING
   OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS EWD ACROSS ERN MO.
   
   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 600.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES