This area is of particular interest to me since I was just there four days ago chasing!
* AT 211 PM CST...TELEVISION HELICOPTER FOOTAGE SHOWED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH A VERY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER KANSAS CITY KANSAS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.
PDS Watch issued earlier today:
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 73...CORRECTED NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1155 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 CORRECTED FOR WATCH REPLACEMENTS THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ILLINOIS EASTERN KANSAS MOST OF MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL 1000 PM CST. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 69...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 70...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 71...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 72. WATCH NUMBER 69 70 71 72 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1155 AM CST. DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A PARTICULARLY INTENSE UPPER TROUGH AND JET STREAM MOVING INTO CENTRAL U.S. IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING LONG TRACK TORNADOES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL INITIATE VICINITY OF DRY LINE ERN KS AND ADDITIONALLY VICINITY WARM FRONT EXTENDING EWD ACROSS MO INTO IL.
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