Tornado Watch 319

Issued

May 25, 1997, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Wichita radar (KICT), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 319
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
252 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY KANSAS TO 45 MILES
SOUTH OF WICHITA KANSAS.

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 318...

DISCUSSION...CONVECTION NEAR SURFACE LOW SW OF HILL CITY /OVER GOVE
COUNTY/ EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND DEVELOP SOUTHWARD ALONG DRYLINE
INTO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.  LARGE SCALE VERTICAL
MOTION ASSOCIATED WITH EXIT REGION OF SOUTHERN ROCKIES UPPER
JET...ALONG WITH SSE LOW LEVEL FLOW FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUED
DESTABILIZATION AND POTENTIAL SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.  OTHER STORMS
MAY SPREAD E ALONG STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS N CENTRAL KANSAS.    

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.


...CORFIDI

393,0974 365,0954 365,0990 393,1012

Tornado Watches in Kansas, 1997Every tornado 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.