Tornado Watch 367

Issued

Jun 10, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 10, 2009, 5:20 PM CDT

Expired

Jun 11, 2009, 12:35 AM CDT

In force

7 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

20%

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 1029Jun 10, 4:51 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1032Jun 10, 7:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1036Jun 10, 8:58 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 102220
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SPC WW 102220
KSZ000-MOZ000-110600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 367
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

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

       FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
       SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 520
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 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONETT MISSOURI.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 364...WW 365...WW 366...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
THROUGH THIS EVE IN POCKET OF MODERATE SFC-BASED INSTABILITY
DOWNSTREAM FROM SRN PLNS SHORTWAVE TROUGH.  DISCRETE STORMS INVOF
SFC WAVE NOW IN W CNTRL MO...ALONG SFC BOUNDARY EXTENDING E FROM THE
WAVE...AND IN WAVE WARM SECTOR...MAY YIELD ISOLD TORNADOES GIVEN
MODERATE SHEAR AND VERY MOIST LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT.  FARTHER
SW...EXPECT MORE CONCENTRATED CONVECTION...POSSIBLY A
LOOSELY-ORGANIZED MCS WITH EMBEDDED LEWPS...TO DEVELOP ENE FROM NE
OK.  THESE STORMS MAY YIELD SVR HAIL/WIND AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR
TWO.

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 25030.


...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.