Full Notification

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Tornado Watch for portions of

eastern Kansas
western and northern Missouri

Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 835 PM until
300 am CDT.

Tornadoes... hail to 2 inches in diameter... thunderstorm wind
gusts to 80 mph... and dangerous lightning are possible in these
areas.

The Tornado Watch area is approximately along and 85 statute
miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northwest of
Chillicothe Missouri to 45 miles south of Chanute Kansas. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (wous64 kwns wou8).

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 Tornado
Watch number 524. Watch number 524 will not be in effect after
835 PM CDT. Continue... ww 525... ww 526... ww 527...

Discussion... broken sqln/qlcs in ern KS expected to accelerate ENE
through late eve as 50 kt 700 mb speed Max associated with cntrl KS
upr vort pivots newd into low lvl moist axis. Increasing low to mid
lvl shear associated with that feature... and nocturnal strengthening
of sswly llj... suggest potential for embedded low lvl circulations
and possible tornadoes... in addition to high wind and svr
hail... despite largely unidirectional deep wind profiles.

Aviation... tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface
wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to
550. Mean storm motion vector 22040.