Tornado Watch 212

Issued

May 17, 2004, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 722May 17, 3:08 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 730May 17, 7:59 PM CDT

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 172048
SEL2  
SPC WW 172040
KSZ000-180300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 212
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004

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

       SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 50
MILES EAST 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...CONTINUE...WW 210...WW 211...

DISCUSSION...CAP IS WEAKENING ALONG COLD FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
NOW EXTENDING ACROSS N-CENTRAL AND W-CENTRAL KS.  STRONG SURFACE
CONVERGENCE IS ALSO EVIDENT INVOF SURFACE LOW NEAR DDC AND ALONG DRY
LINE.  MLCAPES RANGE FROM 1000-2000 J/KG ATTM ACROSS WARM
SECTOR...WITH 35-40 KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR...SUGGESTING ENVIRONMENT
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED CLUSTERS/SUPERCELLS ONCE STORMS FORM
IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND LCLS SUPPORT A THREAT OF TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS...MAINLY ALONG E-W ORIENTED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/COLD FRONT
ACROSS NRN PORTION OF WW.  ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO A MORE
LINEAR STRUCTURE AND SHIFT ESEWD INTO SRN KS LATER THIS EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25020.


...EVANS

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