URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1125 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN IOWA
EASTERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

TORNADO WATCH 95 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR ADAMS APPANOOSE
AUDUBON CASS CLARKE
DALLAS DECATUR GUTHRIE
JASPER LUCAS MADISON
MARION MONROE POLK
RINGGOLD TAYLOR UNION
WARREN WAYNE

. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD
JOHNSON LEAVENWORTH LINN
MIAMI WYANDOTTE

. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR ANDREW BARRY
BARTON BATES BENTON
BUCHANAN CALDWELL CAMDEN
CARROLL CASS CEDAR
CHARITON CHRISTIAN CLAY
CLINTON COOPER DADE
DALLAS DAVIESS DEKALB
GENTRY GREENE GRUNDY
HARRISON HENRY HICKORY
HOWARD JACKSON JASPER
JOHNSON LAFAYETTE LAWRENCE
LINN LIVINGSTON MACON
MCDONALD MERCER MORGAN
NEWTON NODAWAY PETTIS
PLATTE POLK PUTNAM
RANDOLPH RAY SALINE
SCHUYLER ST. CLAIR STONE
SULLIVAN TANEY VERNON
WEBSTER WORTH

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.

DISCUSSION…BROKEN BAND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES INTO A DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS MO AND IA. DEEP
LAYER WINDS AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE
FOR BOWING SEGMENTS AND EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADOES.

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 24035.

…DIAL