Severe Thunderstorm Watch 710

Issued

Aug 21, 1997, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 1997, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Wichita radar (KICT), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 220227
SEL0  
MKC WW 220227
KSZ000-220900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 710
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
927 PM CDT THU AUG 21 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM UNTIL
400 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 85
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE
KANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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 708...WW 709...

DISCUSSION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL KS...WHERE
MODEST INFLOW OF VERY RICH BOUNDARY LAYER AIR /850 MB DEWPOINT OF
19C AT DODGE CITY/ BENEATH 25-30 KT MID-LEVEL NW FLOW APPEARS 
FAVORABLE FOR A FEW BRIEF SUPERCELLS.  ACTIVITY LIKELY TO MERGE
INTO A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF WARM ADVECTION STORMS ALONG NNW/SSE
BOUNDARY LATER TONIGHT.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 1/4 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 75
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 520.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 32025.


...CORFIDI

370,0992 400,0992 400,0970 370,0970

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.