TORNADO WATCHES ISSUED
Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 3:03 pm
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 322
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHWEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS
TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS.
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...CONTINUE...WW 321...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY STRONG
TORNADOES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ALONG DRY LINE
IN WRN PART OF WATCH AS SURFACE HEATING CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE
REGION OF MODERATE TO STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR. SEVERAL IMPULSES
APPARENT IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND PROFILER/VWP DATA SUGGEST THAT
FORCING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BREACH CAP WHERE CONVERGENCE IS
MAXIMIZED INVOF DRY LINE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.
...CORFIDI
A third tornado watch has just been issued for northern kansas and eastern Nebraska!! An extremely dangerous situation.
Towering CUs are about to explode across central and southern Kansas!!!!
Jim
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 322
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHWEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS
TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS.
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...CONTINUE...WW 321...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY STRONG
TORNADOES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ALONG DRY LINE
IN WRN PART OF WATCH AS SURFACE HEATING CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE
REGION OF MODERATE TO STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR. SEVERAL IMPULSES
APPARENT IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND PROFILER/VWP DATA SUGGEST THAT
FORCING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BREACH CAP WHERE CONVERGENCE IS
MAXIMIZED INVOF DRY LINE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.
...CORFIDI
A third tornado watch has just been issued for northern kansas and eastern Nebraska!! An extremely dangerous situation.
Towering CUs are about to explode across central and southern Kansas!!!!
Jim
