Severe Thunderstorm Watch 340

Issued

May 26, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 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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WWUS20 KWNS 262305
SEL0  
SPC WW 262259
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-270400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 340
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
559 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS                             
   NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA                           
   EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE                               

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 615 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON
OKLAHOMA TO 95 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 334...WW 335...WW
336...WW 337...WW 338...WW 339...

DISCUSSION...STRONG SRN STREAM SYSTEM NOW OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN
STATES WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INCREASING LARGE SCALE ASCENT INTO
A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS WW THIS EVENING.  OTHER ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS MAY CONTINUE DEVELOPING INVOF N-S BOUNDARY ACROSS
CENTRAL KS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND LIKELY BECOME SUPERCELLS. 
PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT ACROSS WW WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.


AVIATION...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 27020.


...EVANS

384,0973 345,0992 345,1012 384,0995

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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.