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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
WHILE POSING A THREAT FOR SCATTERED SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW
TORNADOES. A GREATER WIND THREAT, WITH PEAK GUSTS UP TO 65-75 MPH,
MAY EXIST IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM INTO A LINE ALONG/AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL MAY
ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST CORES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ALTON IL TO
40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS MO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).
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.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
...GLEASON
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