Tornado Watch 282

Issued

May 11, 2002, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Wichita radar (KICT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 111907
SEL2  
SPC WW 111903
KSZ000-NEZ000-120100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 282
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
203 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002

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

   CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS                             
   SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 800
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 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 15
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BEATRICE 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.


DISCUSSION...AIR MASS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FROM SCENTRAL NEB/KS
BORDER SWWD HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES ABOVE 3000 J/KG.
WITH CAP WEAKENING...CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY
INITIATE SEVERE STORMS WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS. SUPERCELLS WILL ENHANCE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES
AND LARGE HAIL.  


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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...HALES

402,0952 370,0974 370,1000 402,0975

WWUS20 KWNS 111907
SEL2  
SPC WW 111903
KSZ000-NEZ000-120100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 282
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
203 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002

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

   CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS                             
   SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 800
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 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 15
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BEATRICE 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.


DISCUSSION...AIR MASS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FROM SCENTRAL NEB/KS
BORDER SWWD HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES ABOVE 3000 J/KG.
WITH CAP WEAKENING...CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY
INITIATE SEVERE STORMS WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS. SUPERCELLS WILL ENHANCE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES
AND LARGE HAIL.  


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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...HALES

402,0952 370,0974 370,1000 402,0975

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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.