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).
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.
...CORFIDI
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate
