Tornado Watch 347

Issued

Jun 1, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 011950
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SEL7  
MKC WW 011947
KSZ000-020200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 347
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
247 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

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

   WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL KANSAS TO 25 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL 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...  CONTINUE...WW 343...WW 344...WW
345...WW 346...

DISCUSSION...STRONG VEERING SHEAR PROFILE ALONG WITH MODERATE TO
HIGH INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS  E OF SURFACE TROUGH THROUGH WESTERN KS.  SUPERCELLS
ARE LIKELY WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A F EW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030.


...HALES

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Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2001Every tornado watch in 2001

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.