Severe Thunderstorm Watch 608

Issued

Aug 15, 2002, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)

Expired

Aug 15, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 152036
SEL8  
SPC WW 152035
KSZ000-OKZ000-160300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 608
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2002

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

   SOUTHERN KANSAS                             
   NOWTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 115 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE
KANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON 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.


DISCUSSION...FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDS FROM NERN KS SWWD INTO OK
PANHANDLE.  AIRMASS ALONG AND S OF FRONT HAS BECOME EXTREMELY
UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPES TO 4000 J/KG.  EXPECT RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS VICINITY FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.  RELATIVELY WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUGGESTS STORMS TYPE WILL
BE MULTI-CELLULAR...HOWEVER A FEW SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY ENHANCING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT.


AVIATION...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 27020.


...HALES

382,0954 363,0972 363,1013 382,1000

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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.