Tornado Watch 418

Issued

Jun 13, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 132244
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WWUS9 KMKC 132240
MKC WW 132240
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 418
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
540 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

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

   CENTRAL KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY 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 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO
30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA 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 415...WW 416...WW 417...

DISCUSSION...STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG DRY LINE ACROSS CENTRAL KS. 
EXTREMELY UNSTABLE E OF DRY LINE WITH CAPES TO 5000 J/KG COUPLED
WITH MODERATE DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.  DRY LINE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN STATIONARY OR POSSIBLY BACK UP SOME THIS
EVENING.


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 600. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.


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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.