Tornado Watch 34

Issued

Mar 27, 2014, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 27, 2014, 11:34 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 211Mar 27, 2:50 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 212Mar 27, 3:50 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 213Mar 27, 7:55 PM CDT

716 
WWUS20 KWNS 272202
SEL4  
SPC WW 272202
MOZ000-280500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 34
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
455 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 455 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
  CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MONETT MISSOURI.
 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 33...

DISCUSSION...SCTD SMALL CLUSTERS/SHORT BANDS OF SUSTAINED
STORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG AND AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
MOVING RAPIDLY E ACROSS MO THIS EVE. STRENGTH OF ASSOCIATED MID-LVL
DISTURBANCE AND JET STREAK /70 KT WSW FLOW AT 700 MB/ SUGGEST A
CONTINUED RISK FOR SVR HAIL...WIND...AND TORNADOES ...DESPITE ONSET
OF DIURNAL COOLING AND EWD MOVEMENT OF COLD FRONT BEYOND LOW-LVL
THETA-E AXIS. THE TORNADO THREAT SHOULD BE GREATEST OVER THE NEXT
2-3 HOURS OVER CENTRAL MO...WHERE IT APPEARS THAT THE
JUXTAPOSITIONING OF WIND AND THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS MOST
FAVORABLE FOR LOW-LVL MESOCYCLONES WILL EXIST.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25050.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2014Every tornado watch in 2014

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.