Tornado Watch 144

Issued

Apr 14, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 15, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 144
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
538 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

   MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS                           
   WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 600 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT 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 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS
TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY 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 140...WW 141...WW
142...WW 143...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING ALONG SURFACE WARM
FRONT FROM SLN TO TOP...WHILE ISOLATED SUPERCELL STORMS ARE
INCREASING WEST OF HUT.  SHEAR PROFILES AND INSTABILITY APPEAR
QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.

...HART

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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.