Tornado Watch 482

Issued

Jun 16, 2004, 12:50 PM MDT (18:50 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 2004, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1299Jun 16, 9:08 AM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1303Jun 16, 12:12 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1309Jun 16, 5:42 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 161849
SEL2  
SPC WW 161850
COZ000-KSZ000-170200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 482
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
150 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004

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

       SOUTHEAST COLORADO
       SOUTHWEST KANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL
900 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO COLORADO TO 15
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY 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.

DISCUSSION...E/W STATIONARY BOUNDARY FROM NEAR PUB EWD TO FINNEY
COUNTY KS.  S OF BOUNDARY AIR MASS IS NOW VERY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY
CAPPED. WITH A STRONG VEERING SHEAR PROFILE COUPLED WITH LOW LEVEL
ENHANCEMENT VICINITY BOUNDARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
RAPIDLY NEXT 1-3 HOURS.  SUPERCELLS ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ACCOMPANY THIS DEVELOPMENT

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 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.


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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.