Tornado Watch 148

Issued

Apr 14, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 15, 2001, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 150252
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MKC WW 150244
ARZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-150800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 148
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
944 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

   EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS                             
   SOUTHWEST MISSOURI                           
   NORTHERN OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM UNTIL
300 AM 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 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS TO 35
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONETT 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...  THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 144.  WATCH NUMBER 144 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 10
PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 142...WW 143...WW 145...WW 146...WW 147...

DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ARE TRACKING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS INTO WESTERN MO.  THESE STORMS ARE ALSO LIKELY
TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN OK DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. 
HOWEVER...SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR AND HIGH CAPE VALUES WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.

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.

...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.