Tornado Watch 173

Issued

Apr 22, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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MKC WW 222037
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 173
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
337 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY 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 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA KANSAS TO 60 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 169.  WATCH NUMBER 169 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 400 PM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 170...WW 171...WW 172...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NNE ACROSS KS LATER THIS EVENING. 
PERSISTENT CAPPING AND LINEAR FORCING EXPECTED TO KEEP ACTIVITY
MAINLY LINEAR. BUT HODOGRAPH LENGTH /0-6 KM SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF
70 KTS/ SUGGESTS CONTINUED THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS.

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 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21050.

...CORFIDI

;400,0955 370,0945 370,0982 400,0992;

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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.