Severe Thunderstorm Watch 489

Issued

Jun 23, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Wichita radar (KICT), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 240216
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SEL9  
MKC WW 240211
KSZ000-240800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 489
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
911 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

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

   KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM UNTIL
300 AM CDT.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO
40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA 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...  CONTINUE...WW 484...WW 485...WW
486...WW 487...WW 488...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS OVER SWRN AND CENTRAL KS ARE EXPECTED TO
PROPAGATE SEWD INTO STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET AXIS...WHILE NEW
STORMS DEVELOP OVER NERN KS.  IN ADDITION...SEVERE STORMS OVER SERN
NEB ARE DROPPING SWD INTO EXTREME NERN KS.  00Z SOUNDINGS AT DDC
AND TOP INDICATE VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE WITH MODERATELY
STRONG WESTERLY FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...WEISS

383,1010 400,0951 382,0943 365,1002

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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.