Severe Thunderstorm Watch 474

Issued

Jun 20, 2000, 10:00 PM MDT (04:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 2000, 4:00 AM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 474
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1049 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHEAST COLORADO                           
   SOUTHWEST KANSAS                             
   NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA                           
   THE TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE
LODGE KANSAS TO 65 MILES WEST OF  KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 472.  WATCH NUMBER 472 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 470...WW 471...WW
473...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN DEEP MIXED ENVIRONMENT OF
SE CO/NE NM EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP ESE ALONG NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONTAL ZONE ATTM OVER SW KS.  AREAS PROFILER/VWP DATA SHOW AMPLE
LOW TO MID LEVEL SHEAR TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS.  STORM INITIATION
LIKELY TO BE FOSTERED BY DEVELOPING SLY LOW LEVEL JET OVER THE SRN
PLAINS /WITH WIND SPEEDS ON THE ORDER OF 40 KTS/...THAT WILL
TRANSPORT VERY MOIST AIR NWD TO VICINITY OF FRONT.   ENVIRONMENT
FARTHER E ALONG FRONT /AREA BETWEEN ICT AND TUL/...APPEARS MORE
FAVORABLE FOR BACK-BUILDING STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. 

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28030.

...CORFIDI

380,1030 373,0981 352,0981 355,1030

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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.