Tornado Watch 244

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
540 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
LARGE PART OF CENTAL IOWA
LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS
LARGE PART OF WESTERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 540 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE
KANSAS TO 50 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES IOWA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 243
...
DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE IN NUMBER
AND INTENSITY ALONG AND E OF DRY LINE WHERE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS
EXISTS. WITH STRONG VEERING SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE AND APPROACH OF
MID LEVEL WIND MAX TORNADIC SUPERCELLS INCLUDING VERY LARGE HAIL ARE
LIKELY.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.
IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ADAMS APPANOOSE
AUDUBON BOONE CARROLL
CASS CLARKE CRAWFORD
DALLAS DECATUR GREENE
GUTHRIE JASPER LUCAS
MADISON MAHASKA MARION
MARSHALL MONROE POLK
POWESHIEK RINGGOLD STORY
TAMA TAYLOR UNION
WAPELLO WARREN WAYNE
KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEN ANDERSON ATCHISON
BOURBON BROWN BUTLER
CHASE CHAUTAUQUA CHEROKEE
COFFEY COWLEY CRAWFORD
DONIPHAN DOUGLAS ELK
FRANKLIN GREENWOOD JACKSON
JEFFERSON JOHNSON LABETTE
LEAVENWORTH LINN LYON
MIAMI MONTGOMERY NEOSHO
OSAGE SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE
WILSON WOODSON WYANDOTTE
MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANDREW BARTON BATES
BUCHANAN CALDWELL CARROLL
CASS CEDAR CHARITON
CLAY CLINTON DADE
DAVIESS DEKALB GENTRY
GRUNDY HARRISON HENRY
HOLT JACKSON JASPER
JOHNSON LAFAYETTE LAWRENCE
LINN LIVINGSTON MERCER
NEWTON NODAWAY PETTIS
PLATTE PUTNAM RAY
SALINE ST. CLAIR SULLIVAN
VERNON WORTH