Tornado Watch 343

Issued

May 24, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 242326
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MKC WW 242326
KSZ000-OKZ000-250500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 343
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
626 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

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

   SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS                          
   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 35
MILES EAST NORTHEAST 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 339...WW 340...WW
341...WW 342...

DISCUSSION...AIR MASS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE OVER REGION WITH
CAPES IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AS UPPER
SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST WITH WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW
INCREASING TO NEAR 40 KT. A FEW TORNADIC STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24035.

...ROGASH

374,0943 350,0955 350,1000 374,0990

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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.