WWUS20 KWNS 312025
SEL6
SPC WW 312025
MOZ000-010400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 536
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
325 PM CDT Fri Jul 31 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Central and Eastern Missouri

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage and intensity are expected to
increase this afternoon and evening along and ahead of a cold front
moving through the region. Low-level shear is strong enough to
support a few tornadoes within the strongest storms. Damaging wind
gusts are also possible, particularly if storms grow upscale into
one or more convective lines.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of Columbia MO to 15
miles south southwest of West Plains MO. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).

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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 29025.

...Mosier