Tornado Watch 598

Issued

Aug 12, 2002, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 12, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 122032
SEL8  
SPC WW 122030
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-130300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 598
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002

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

   SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS                             
   NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 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 105 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 50 MILES
EAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA.

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...COLD FRONT MOVING SWD THRU WRN KS WITH VERY UNSTABLE
SELY FLOW LOW LEVEL FLOW S OF FRONT.  INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE
VEERING SHEAR PROFILES ACROSS THIS AREA WITH APPROACH OF S/WV
TROUGH MOVING SEWD ACROSS ROCKIES.  THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP RAPIDLY NEXT HOUR ALONG/AHEAD OF FRONT QUICKLY BECOMING
SEVERE.  PARAMETERS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS ENHANCING LARGE HAIL
AND WIND POTENTIAL ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.


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 27025.


...HALES

351,1001 372,1020 392,0991 371,0972

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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.