Tornado Watch 131

Issued

Apr 11, 2001, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)

Expired

Apr 11, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 131
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
856 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

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

   EASTERN KANSAS                             
   MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 930 AM UNTIL
300 PM 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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPICKARD MISSOURI TO 20 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.

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 130...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE LINE OF STORMS RACING NEWD INTO SWRN MO AHEAD
OF VIGOROUS CYCLONE OVER KS.  VERY FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND
INCREASING INSTABILITY WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL FAVOR INCREASING
TORNADO THREAT WITH LINE AS IT MOVES INTO WRN MO.


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.


...HALES

;403,0924 365,0915 365,0943 403,0952;

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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.