Tornado Watch 43

Issued

Apr 13, 2018, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)

Expired

Apr 14, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

8 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

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 242Apr 13, 5:08 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 248Apr 13, 8:42 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 132225
SEL3  
SPC WW 132225
MOZ000-140600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 43
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
525 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Southern Missouri

* Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 525
  PM until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Low-level moisture will continue to stream into the region
with storms increasing from west/southwest to east/northeast across
southern Missouri this evening. This will include the possibility of
relatively isolated supercells initially, with the possibility of a
more mixed convective mode evolving this evening. Damaging winds and
a few tornadoes are expected along with the possibility of some
hail.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
north and south of a line from 65 miles west southwest of Fort
Leonard Wood MO to 45 miles northeast of Poplar Bluff MO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 39...WW 40...WW 41...WW
42...

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 22040.

...Guyer

Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2018Every tornado watch in 2018

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.