Tornado Watch 602

Issued

Jul 20, 2000, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)

Expired

Jul 20, 2000, 11:00 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 602
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000

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

   EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO                           
   WESTERN KANSAS                             
   SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 545 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 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY 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 599...WW 600...WW 601...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOW MOVING INTO
EASTERN COLORADO WILL EVOLVE INTO A MAJOR MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES REGION OF 3000 TO 4000 J/KG CAPES. STRONGLY
VEERING WIND PROFILE AND 40 TO 50 KT MID LEVEL NWLY FLOW WILL
PROVIDE FAVORABLE SHEAR FOR ROTATING STORMS WITH A FEW TORNADOES
AND SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS. 

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 27035.

...ROGASH

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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.