Tornado Watch 276

Issued

May 6, 2003, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 799May 6, 3:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 802May 6, 5:33 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 804May 6, 7:03 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 806May 6, 7:53 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 062333
SEL6  
SPC WW 062335
MOZ000-070500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 276 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
635 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 635 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI
TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICHY MISSOURI.

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 TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 272. WATCH NUMBER 272 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 635
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 269...WW 270...WW 271...WW 273...WW 274...WW
275...


DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW
TORNADOES WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS SW/S
CENTRAL MO.  CLUSTER OF SUPERCELLS WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS SRN MO
WHERE STRONG INSTABILITY /MLCAPE NEAR 3000 J/KG/ AND SUFFICIENT
LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS COEXISTS.  THE STORMS
MAY ALSO TEND TO GRADUALLY MERGE INTO A LARGER MCS DURING THE
EVENING WITH AN INCREASING THREAT 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 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...THOMPSON

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.