Tornado Watch 362

Issued

Jun 7, 2007, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

80%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

80%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1046Jun 7, 6:41 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1048Jun 7, 7:54 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1052Jun 7, 11:12 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1053Jun 8, 2:27 AM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 362
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
830 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

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

       WESTERN ILLINOIS
       SOUTHEAST KANSAS
       MUCH OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 359. WATCH NUMBER 359 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
830 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 358...WW 360...WW 361...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG
MERGING COLD FRONT/DRY LINE LATER THIS EVENING...WITH OTHER STORMS
LIKELY TO FORM ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN NRN MO.  60-70 KT WSWLY MID
LEVEL FLOW AND WEAK HEIGHT FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH GLANCING INFLUENCE
OF SHORTWAVE IMPULSE ROUNDING BASE OF HIGH PLAINS TROUGH WILL
ENHANCE THREAT FOR FORWARD-PROPAGATING SEGMENTS WITH HIGH WIND/LARGE
HAIL.  DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND STRENGTH OF WIND FIELD ALSO SUGGEST
POSSIBILITY FOR TORNADOES...MAINLY DURING EARLY STAGES OF STORM
DEVELOPMENT.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...CORFIDI

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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.