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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN IOWA
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHEAST KANSAS
NORTHERN MISSOURI
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH LIKELY
SUMMARY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW
AND ALONG A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. SUPERCELLS ARE
POSSIBLE, CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND A FEW
TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTTUMWA IA TO 20
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHILLICOTHE 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 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.
...HART
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