Sunday, May 25, 2008

Tornado Watch 369

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 369
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM UNTIL
400 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA
KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 361
. WATCH NUMBER 361 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
845 PM CDT. CONTINUE...
WW 360
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WW 362
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WW 364
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WW 365
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WW
366
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WW 367
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WW 368
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DISCUSSION...N CNTRL KS MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E INTO VERY
UNSTABLE AIR OVER ERN KS/NRN MO. DEEP SHEAR MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR
ADDITIONAL EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH A THREAT FOR ISOLD TORNADOES
GIVEN RICH MOISTURE INFLOW. THE SYSTEM SHOULD EVOLVE INTO A SQLN
WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND LATER TONIGHT. FARTHER S...OTHER
STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG INTERSECTION OF
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OF NRN KS MCS WITH EWD-MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NOW
EXITING SW KS. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN SLIGHTLY WEAKER DEEP SHEAR
RELATIVE TO POINTS FARTHER N. HOWEVER...GIVEN RICH MOISTURE
FEED/NOCTURNAL STRENGTHENING OF LLJ...THESE ALSO COULD POSE A THREAT
FOR ISOLD TORNADOES BEFORE BECOMING UNDERCUT BY COLD POOL.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
...CORFIDI

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