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Tornado Watch 114
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WW0114 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1110 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
     EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS
     WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM 1110 AM
   UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO
       2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT MISSOURI.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 113...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY
   INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY INCLUDING AN EVOLVING
   MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...IN ADDITION TO DISCRETE SUPERCELLS. 
   THE ENVIRONMENT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL
   MISSOURI MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY CONDUCIVE TO A STRONG TORNADO OR
   TWO...IN ADDITION TO THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
   GUSTS.
   
   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 23035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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