Tornado Watch 567

Issued

Jun 13, 1998, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

218 
WWUS9 KMKC 132040 COR
SEL7  
MKC WW 132040 COR...TO COMPLETE DISCUSSION SECTION
KSZ000-140300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 567
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

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

KANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL
1000 PM 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY 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...  CONTINUE...WW 564...WW 565...WW 566...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NEAR W EDGE OF
MOIST AXIS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS THEY MOVE INTO AREA OF HIGHER
DEW POINTS FARTHER E OVER KS.  INSTABILITY QUITE STRONG AND SHEAR
PROFILES SUGGEST SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WITH RISK OF TORNADOES.


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 580. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...JOHNS

395,0973 370,0945 370,0974 395,1003

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.