Tornado Watch 409

Issued

May 24, 1998, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 242212
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 409
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
512 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 530 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SALINA KANSAS TO 50 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST 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 406...WW 407...WW 408...

DISCUSSION...CENTRAL KS SUPERCELL...LIKELY SUPPORTED BY HIGH LEVEL
DIVERGENCE FIELD...SHOULD CONTINUE EWD AND EVENTUALLY BECOME
SLIGHTLY ELEVATED.  THREAT SHOULD...HOWEVER...CONTINUE FOR VERY
LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO WITH STORM.  OTHER
STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG SRN AND WRN FLANK OF SUPERCELL AS
SURGE OF RICH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE CONTINUES NWD TO VICINITY OF
STORM FROM CENTRAL OK.  

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.

...CORFIDI

385,0950 365,0951 365,0985 385,0990

Tornado Watches in Kansas, 1998Every tornado watch in 1998

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.