Tornado Watch 410

Issued

Jun 11, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Wichita radar (KICT), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 112021
SEL0  
SPC WW 112016
KSZ000-120300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 410
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
316 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

   KANSAS                             

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL 1000
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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL KANSAS TO 20
MILES EAST OF TOPEKA 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.


DISCUSSION...WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE TO S OF
BOUNDARIES ACROSS NRN KS...AND CAP VERY WEAK...EXPECT RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL KS.  WITH VEERING SHEAR
PROFILES AND MDT DEEP LAYER SHEAR...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED.  ALONG
WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS PROPAGATE E AND SE ACROSS CENTRAL AND ERN KS
THRU THE 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 26030.


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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.