Tornado Watch 341

Issued

May 26, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 270051
SEL1  
SPC WW 270048
KSZ000-NEZ000-270600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 341
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
748 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

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

   CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS                             
   SOUTHERN NEBRASKA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 800 PM UNTIL
100 AM 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 90 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO 35
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 339.  WATCH NUMBER 339 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 800 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 335...WW 336...WW 337...WW
338...WW 340...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE MCS IN THE FORM OF A BOW ECHO WILL CONTINUE
MOVING SSEWD INTO NORTHERN KS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  IN
ADDITION TO THE ENHANCED DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM...SHEAR
PROFILES WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW TORNADOES AHEAD OF THE
BOW ECHO.  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED.


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 30040.


...EVANS

412,0971 390,0954 374,0983 395,1000

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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.