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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 153
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
225 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwest Missouri

* Effective this Sunday morning from 225 AM until 800 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms will spread northeastward this
morning across parts of southwest Missouri. Scattered damaging winds
should be the main threat with this convection, although a brief
tornado or two may also be possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles south southeast
of Monett MO to 40 miles northeast of Springfield MO. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 150...WW 151...WW 152...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
23040.

...Gleason