Tornado Watch 98

Issued

Apr 6, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 6, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 062052
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MKC WW 062044
KSZ000-070200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 98
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
344 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2001

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

   WESTERN KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

 ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
 
DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE 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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL KANSAS TO 40 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY 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 95...WW 96...WW 97...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER FAR
WESTERN KANSAS DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS AS DYNAMIC FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH MID/UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK APPROACHES FROM THE
SOUTHWEST.  AIR MASS EAST OF THE DRY LINE IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE
WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 60S AND SBCAPE OF 2500-3000 J/KG.  18Z DDC
SOUNDING AND LATEST VAD/WIND PROFILER DATA INDICATE DEEP LAYER
SHEAR AND HELICITY WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS...WITH POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW STRONG TORNADOES.  A SQUALL LINE MAY GRADUALLY DEVELOP DURING
THE EVENING AND MOVE RAPIDLY NEWD WITH INCREASING CHANCE OFR
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.


...WEISS

;370,1015 395,1012 395,0984 370,0992;

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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.