Tornado Watch 718

Issued

Sep 7, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 7, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 072301
SEL8  
MKC WW 072253
KSZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-080400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 718
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
553 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

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

   NORTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS                             
   NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI                           
   EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 600 PM UNTIL 1100
PM 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 EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 30
MILES NORTHWEST OF SPICKARD 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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 714.  WATCH NUMBER 714 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 600 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 715...WW 716...WW 717...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER WATCH
AREA AS SW KS UPPER VORT EJECTS NEWD THIS EVENING.  ABSENCE OF
STRONG LOW LEVEL LINEAR FORCING HAS ALLOWED INDIVIDUAL STORMS TO
REMAIN DISTINCT.  SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS CONCENTRATED OVER SE KS
ATTM SUGGEST THAT LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT BACKED AHEAD
OF EJECTING UPPER DISTURBANCE.  COUPLED WITH LOW LCLS...SOME THREAT
WILL EXIST FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH
WINDS. 

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 24035.

...CORFIDI

403,0923 381,0944 381,0974 403,0953

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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.