Tornado Watch 180

Issued

Apr 24, 2007, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2007, 11:44 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 563Apr 24, 2:03 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 565Apr 24, 3:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 571Apr 24, 7:53 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 242249
SEL0  
SPC WW 242249
MOZ000-250700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 180
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
550 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

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

       CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 550
PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST
PLAINS MISSOURI TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CHILLICOTHE
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 172...WW 173...WW
174...WW 175...WW 176...WW 177...WW 178...WW 179...

DISCUSSION...LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MIXED MODE OF SMALL
CLUSTERS/LINES AS WELL AS DISCRETE DEVELOPMENT...WILL CONTINUE
MOVING EWD INTO CENTRAL MO EARLY THIS EVENING.  AIR MASS REMAINS
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND SHEAR WILL INCREASE ALONG NOSE OF SLY LLJ
THROUGH THE EVENING.  LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WILL
LIKELY ACCOMPANY STRONGER CORES...WITH TORNADO POTENTIAL INCREASING
AS LLJ INTENSIFIES THIS EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25020.


...EVANS

Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2007Every tornado watch in 2007

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.