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Tornado Watch for Parts of Kansas and Oklahoma

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 1:36 pm
by simplykristi
Hi All,
Here's a tornado watch for parts of Kansas until 8:00 PM CDT:

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 141
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
110 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HILL CITY
KANSAS TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INVOF W KS SURFACE
LOW DURING NEXT 1-2 HRS...WITH OTHER STORMS FORMING SEWD AND PERHAPS
NEWD WITH TIME INTO PARTS OF CNTRL KS/NRN OK. 50+ KT DEEP SSWLY
SHEAR AND COOLING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS
WITH LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND. ISALLOBARIC BACKING OF LOW LEVEL FLOW
WILL ENHANCE POTENTIAL FOR LOW LEVEL STORM ROTATION/POSSIBLE
TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY IN KS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21030.


...CORFIDI