Tornado Watch 443

Issued

Jun 13, 2000, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

591 
WWUS9 KMKC 131926
SEL3  

SEL3  
MKC WW 131926
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-140200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 443
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
226 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

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

   SOUTHERN KANSAS                             
   NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA                           
   EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
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 45 MILES SOUTH OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON 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 439...WW 440...WW
441...WW 442...

DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG COLD
FRONT FROM CENTRAL KS SWWD INTO NRN TX PANHANDLE.  WITH CAPES TO
4000 J/KG AND INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES WITH APPROACH
OF DIGGING UPPER TROUGH...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY.  STORMS
WILL MOVE/DEVELOP E/SE ACROSS SRN KS/NWRN OK.


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 600. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...HALES

381,0960 353,0982 353,1011 381,0990

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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.