WWUS30 KWNS 292132
SAW6
SPC AWW 292135
WW 326 TORNADO IA KS MO 292135Z - 300300Z
AXIS..55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
55S OJC/OLATHE KS/ - 45N DSM/DES MOINES IA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM E/W /17SW BUM - 38SE FOD/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..3 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.
590
WWUS20 KWNS 292135
SEL6
SPC WW 292135
IAZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-300300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 326
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
FAR EASTERN KANSAS
NORTHWEST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH OF OLATHE KANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTH
OF DES MOINES IOWA.
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...WW 322...WW 323...WW
324...WW 325...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF THE MO
RIVER IN NERN KS. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM IN A VERY
UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS OVER NERN KS/SERN NEB/FAR NWRN
MO. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR INTENSE SUPERCELLS
ONCE STORMS BECOME ROOTED INTO THE BOUNDARY LAYER...AND SHIFT ESEWD
ACROSS WW THIS EVENING.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.
...EVANS
;380,0954 421,0944 421,0923 380,0934;
Some cells already popping NE of KC.