Tornado Watch 230

Issued

May 5, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 052221
SEL0  
SPC WW 052217
KSZ000-060400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 230
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
517 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

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

   NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 530 PM UNTIL 1100
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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SALINA KANSAS TO 65
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN 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 226...WW 227...WW
228...WW 229...

DISCUSSION...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS NOW OVER CENTRAL KS WILL CONTINUE
A GENERAL EWD MOTION INTO NORTHEAST KS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR A TORNADO THREAT...
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70...WITH A GRADUAL EVOLUTION INTO AN
MCS POSSIBLE OVER NERN KS LATER 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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...EVANS

381,0983 395,0973 395,0945 381,0960

WWUS20 KWNS 052221
SEL0  
SPC WW 052217
KSZ000-060400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 230
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
517 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

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

   NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 530 PM UNTIL 1100
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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SALINA KANSAS TO 65
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN 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 226...WW 227...WW
228...WW 229...

DISCUSSION...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS NOW OVER CENTRAL KS WILL CONTINUE
A GENERAL EWD MOTION INTO NORTHEAST KS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR A TORNADO THREAT...
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70...WITH A GRADUAL EVOLUTION INTO AN
MCS POSSIBLE OVER NERN KS LATER 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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...EVANS

381,0983 395,0973 395,0945 381,0960

Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2002Every tornado watch in 2002

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.