Tornado Watch 269

Issued

May 6, 2003, 11:40 AM CDT (16:40 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 787May 6, 10:32 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 789May 6, 11:29 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 799May 6, 3:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 802May 6, 5:33 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 269 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
1140 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

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

       NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
       SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
       NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1140 AM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF OLATHE KANSAS TO
45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS.

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 265. WATCH NUMBER 265 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 1140 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 263...WW 266...WW 267...WW
268...


DISCUSSION...CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP NEAR SURFACE LOW CENTER
INVOF ICT AND EWD ALONG WARM FRONT NORTH OF EMP.  DRY LINE EXTENDING
SWD FROM THE LOW CENTER SHOULD MIX/SHIFT EWD THIS AFTERNOON INTO
NORTHEASTERN OK AS SURFACE LOW TRACKS ENEWD INTO SERN KS.  GIVEN
DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND STRENGTH OF LOW AND DEEP LAYER
SHEAR...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS SHOULD DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON.	INITIATION EXPECTED TO OCCUR A BIT LATER ALONG THE
DRY LINE...HOWEVER RAPID DEVELOP IS EXPECTED ONCE THIS OCCURS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...EVANS

390,0930 352,0924 352,0961 390,0964

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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.