Tornado Watch 210

Issued

Apr 14, 1998, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 14, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 210
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
345 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

   EASTERN KANSAS                             
   WESTERN MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 25
MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI.

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 208...WW 209...

DISCUSSION...INCREASING RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS/LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING ALONG ZONE OF DEEPER CONVERGENCE
ALONG AND AHEAD OF DRY LINE.  NORTHERN PART OF LINE SHOULD SHIFT E 
FAIRLY RAPIDLY AS CO SPEED MAX CONTINUES ENEWD.  SRN PART WILL
LIKELY MOVE MORE SLOWLY AND EVENTUALLY INTERCEPT PLUME OF RICHER
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE MOVING NWD FROM OK. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...CORFIDI

365,0965 400,0965 400,0933 365,0933

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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.