Tornado Watch 445

Issued

Jun 13, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 445
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
510 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA                               
   NORTHEAST KANSAS                             
   NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 530 PM
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF OLATHE KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY IOWA.

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 440...WW 441...WW
442...WW 443...WW 444...

DISCUSSION...STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS...CONCENTRATING INVOF
INTERSECTION OF RETREATING E/W OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER SRN IA AND
NE/SW-ORIENTED SQUALL LINE...EXPECTED TO BE FOCUS OF GREATEST
SEVERE THREAT NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS INTERSECTION MOVES NE ACROSS
CNTRL IA.  OTHER EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH TORNADIC POTENTIAL...NOW
N AND W OF TOP...WILL AFFECT PARTS OF NW MO/NE KS LATER THIS
EVENING. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.

...CORFIDI

432,0910 382,0933 382,0955 432,0934

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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.