Tornado Watch 112

Issued

Apr 18, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 18, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 182030
SEL2  
SPC WW 182026
KSZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-190200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 112
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
326 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

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

   EASTERN AND CENTRAL  KANSAS                             
   NORTHWEST MISSOURI                           
   SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900
PM 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS TO 55
MILES NORTHEAST OF FALLS CITY NEBRASKA.

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 110...WW 111...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ALONG DRY
LINE CENTRAL KS.  WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND FAVORABLE SHEAR
PROFILES...SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY.  ALONG WITH VERY LARGE
HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED.  STORMS WILL MOVE NEWD OFF
DRY LINE INTO ERN KS NWRN MO BY 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 24030.


...HALES

370,0991 403,0962 403,0931 370,0961

WWUS20 KWNS 182030
SEL2  
SPC WW 182026
KSZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-190200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 112
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
326 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

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

   EASTERN AND CENTRAL  KANSAS                             
   NORTHWEST MISSOURI                           
   SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900
PM 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS TO 55
MILES NORTHEAST OF FALLS CITY NEBRASKA.

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 110...WW 111...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ALONG DRY
LINE CENTRAL KS.  WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND FAVORABLE SHEAR
PROFILES...SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY.  ALONG WITH VERY LARGE
HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED.  STORMS WILL MOVE NEWD OFF
DRY LINE INTO ERN KS NWRN MO BY 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 24030.


...HALES

370,0991 403,0962 403,0931 370,0961

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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.