026 WWUS83 KEAX 271700 SPSEAX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1200 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 MOZ002>008-015>017-272300- ADAIR MO-GENTRY MO-GRUNDY MO-HARRISON MO-MERCER MO-NODAWAY MO- PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-SULLIVAN MO-WORTH MO- 1200 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 308...IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: ADAIR...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON...MERCER...NODAWAY...PUTNAM... SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND WORTH. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BETHANY... KIRKSVILLE...MARYVILLE AND TRENTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ NRR