Tornado Watch 453

Issued

Jun 12, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1225Jun 12, 4:36 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1226Jun 12, 5:00 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1228Jun 12, 5:37 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1235Jun 12, 9:06 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 122316
SEL3  
SPC WW 122315
IAZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-130400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 453
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
615 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004

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

       SOUTHWEST IOWA
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
       NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI
       SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 615 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...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 165 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FALLS CITY
NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 446. WATCH NUMBER 446 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 615
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 447...WW 448...WW 449...WW 450...WW 451...WW
452...

DISCUSSION...MCS CONTAINING EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ESE ACROSS THE LWR MO VLY LATER THIS EVENING...POSING THREAT FOR
HIGH WIND/HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.  OTHER SEVERE ACTIVITY EXPECTED
TO EVOLVE FROM ISOLATED CELLS DEVELOPING INVOF DRY LINE
CIRCULATIONS/SURFACE LOW IN CNTRL KS...AND POSSIBLY ALONG DECAYING
OUTFLOW BNDRY NOW IN FAR ERN KS/FAR WRN MO. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE
MAINLY EAST AND POSE A THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND AND
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 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26020.


...CORFIDI

403,0920 380,0930 380,0990 403,0982

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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.