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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS
NORTHERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 545 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
DES MOINES IOWA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 341...WW 342...WW
343...WW 344...
DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE
ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN MO AND SOUTH CENTRAL IA...AND WILL
OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. STRONG INSTABILITY
AND FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF VERY
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
