Thursday, June 5, 2008

Particularly Dangerous Situation! Tornado Watch 466

Particularly Dangerous Situation!
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 466
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
455 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS
PARTS OF WESTERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 455 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE
KANSAS TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALLS CITY NEBRASKA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF
DRY LINE ERN KS AND WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NNEWD INTO WRN MO THIS
EVENING. VERY STRONG SHEAR COUPLED WITH 2500 J/KG ML CAPE SUPPORT
POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE STRONG TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23055.
...HALES
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANDREW ATCHISON BATES
BUCHANAN CALDWELL CASS
CLAY CLINTON DAVIESS
DEKALB GENTRY GRUNDY
HARRISON HOLT JACKSON
MERCER NODAWAY PLATTE
RAY WORTH

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