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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 124
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
650 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  West Central Illinois
  Northeast and Central Missouri

* Effective this Wednesday night from 650 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered intense thunderstorms over western Missouri will
track eastward across the watch area through the evening.  Locally
damaging wind gusts, hail, and a few tornadoes are the main
concerns.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles
east and west of a line from 15 miles north northeast of Quincy IL
to 50 miles south southwest of Fort Leonard Wood MO. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 119...WW 120...WW
121...WW 122...WW 123...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 25030.

...Hart