URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 523 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 100 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS LARGE PART OF EASTERN NEBRASKA EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 800 PM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 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 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ONEILL NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HILL CITY KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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 522... DISCUSSION...INTENSE SURFACE LOW OVER NCENTRAL KS WITH RAPID DESTABILIZATION OCCURRING INTO NEB WHERE SHEAR IS VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WELL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES INCREASING THRU THE AFTERNOON AS SYSTEM MOVES NNE. VERY LARGE HAIL ALSO LIKELY GIVEN MLCAPES AOA 2500 J/KG AND LARGE HODOGRAPHS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.
Monday, June 20, 2011
June 20: Tornado Watch (Particularly Dangerous Situation)- East NE, North Central KS
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