URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 116
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS
NORTHERN MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM
UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY…THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
STRENGTH NEAR SLOWLY MOVING WARM FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN
MISSOURI/SOUTHWEST IOWA…WHERE LOW-LEVEL VEERING WIND PROFILES AND
SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE HEATING COULD SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-LEVEL
MESOCYCLONES AND TORNADOES….IN ADDITION TO SEVERE HAIL.