Tornado Watch 323

Issued

May 29, 2004, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 971May 29, 12:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 972May 29, 1:02 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 977May 29, 5:01 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 978May 29, 5:16 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 983May 29, 8:45 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 984May 29, 9:21 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 292002
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SPC WW 292005
IAZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-300300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 323
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
305 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

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

       SOUTHWEST IOWA
       NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS
       FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI
       EAST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK NEBRASKA TO 15
MILES SOUTHWEST 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 321...WW 322...

DISCUSSION...WARM SECTOR IS BECOMING EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY
CAPPED ACROSS REGION.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO NEAR THE DRY LINE AND TRIPLE
POINT OVER N-CENTRAL KS INTO CENTRAL NEB. OTHER ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT
MAY OCCUR WITHIN WARM SECTOR AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT INCREASES IN
ADVANCE OF WEAK MID LEVEL IMPULSE SHIFTING NEWD OUT OF KS.
COMBINATION OF SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG OR VIOLENT
TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...EVANS

420,0944 383,0953 383,1000 420,0993

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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.