Tornado Watch 178

Issued

Apr 19, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 20, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 178
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
749 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000

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

   EASTERN KANSAS                             
   WESTERN MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 815 PM
UNTIL 200 AM 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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS TO 30
MILES NORTHEAST OF SPICKARD 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 176.  WATCH NUMBER 176 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 815 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 177...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE ON
RETREATING DRYLINE AS LARGE SCALE FORCING AND COLD FRONT INTERSECT
WEST EDGE OF LOW LEVEL MOIST AXIS. GIVEN STRONG INSTABILITY...STEEP
LAPSE RATES AND MUCH STRONGER THAN FORECAST MID-UPPER FLOW...THREAT
FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL EXIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THIS EVENING.


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...VESCIO

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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.