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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado
Watch 73

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SEL3

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 73...CORRECTED
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1155 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

CORRECTED FOR WATCH REPLACEMENTS

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

CENTRAL AND WESTERN ILLINOIS
EASTERN KANSAS
MOST OF MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL 1000
PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA
KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 69...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER
70...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 71...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 72. WATCH NUMBER 69 70 71 72 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 1155 AM CST.

DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A PARTICULARLY INTENSE UPPER TROUGH
AND JET STREAM MOVING INTO CENTRAL U.S. IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE
HAIL...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING LONG TRACK TORNADOES
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL INITIATE VICINITY OF
DRY LINE ERN KS AND ADDITIONALLY VICINITY WARM FRONT EXTENDING EWD
ACROSS MO INTO IL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.

...HALES

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