Tornado Watch 766

Issued

Oct 28, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Oct 28, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 282044
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SEL6  
MKC WW 282036
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-290200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 766
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
336 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000

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

   WESTERN KANSAS                             
   WESTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   THE TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
70 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 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY KANSAS TO 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS.

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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 763.  WATCH NUMBER 763 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 400 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 764...WW 765...

DISCUSSION...PRESSURE FALLS OCCURRING ATTM OVER WRN KS/OK SUGGEST
THAT SURFACE RESPONSE OF EJECTING NM SHORTWAVE IS OCCURRING OVER
THAT REGION...INSTEAD OF OVER CO AS FORECAST BY THE MODELS.  GIVEN
HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT PRESENT OVER REGION...ASSOCIATED BACKING OF
LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL ENHANCE POTENTIAL FOR LOW-LEVEL ROTATION WITH
STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG SQUALL LINE MOVING NNEWD FROM THE TX/OK
PANHANDLE.  UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINED LARGE SCALE ASCENT
MAY ALSO SUPPORT A FEW ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE LINE
THROUGH THIS EVENING.   

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20035.

...CORFIDI

395,0990 340,0983 340,1011 395,1020

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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.