Tornado Watch 714

Issued

Oct 17, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Oct 17, 2007, 11:40 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

40%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

40%

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

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 2096Oct 17, 4:29 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2100Oct 17, 7:57 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2103Oct 17, 10:56 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 714
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
530 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

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

       SOUTHEAST KANSAS
       MUCH OF MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 530
PM UNTIL 100 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 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONETT
MISSOURI TO 70 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 709. WATCH NUMBER 709 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
530 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 710...WW 711...WW 712...WW 713...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM
SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL MO...WHILE NEW STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO
FORM AHEAD OF LINE.  ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY AFFECT MUCH OF MO THROUGH
THE EVENING  AS VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH SWEEPS ACROSS REGION. 
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE.

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 24035.


...HART

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.