Tornado Watch 321

Issued

May 25, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 260046
SEL1  
MKC WW 260046
KSZ000-260700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 321
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
746 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 1997

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN KANSAS TO 65
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 319.  WATCH NUMBER 319 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 830 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 318...WW 320...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AS STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL JET MOVES
ACROSS OKLAHOMA.  THIS PLACES KANSAS IN LEFT EXIT REGION WHERE
UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL BE OPTIMIZED.  LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG
DRY LINE AND EAST/WEST FRONT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL
PROVIDE BOUNDARIES FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS.  WIND
PROFILES SHOW VEERING WITH HEIGHT SUGGESTING THREAT FOR ROTATING
STORMS.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...WEISS

393,0945 370,0945 370,0974 393,0975

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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.