Tornado Watch 377

Issued

Jun 2, 2005, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1121Jun 2, 11:53 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1123Jun 2, 2:25 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1126Jun 2, 5:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1130Jun 2, 7:59 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 021947
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KSZ000-OKZ000-030400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 377
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005

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

       CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS
       NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
GOODLAND KANSAS TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA.
 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 376...

DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ALONG WITH A WEAKENING CAP
ACROSS WRN KS SUPPORTS RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON.  INITIAL SEVERE THREAT LIKELY WITH AND ALONG OUTFLOW
OF CONTINUING MCS HEADING SWD THRU CENTRAL KS. WITH VEERING SHEAR
PROFILES AND MLCAPES IN EXCESS OF 3000 J/KG SRN KS...THUNDERSTORMS
WILL  INCREASE ALONG BOUNDARIES NWRN KS AND ALONG DRY LINE INTO SWRN
KS.  SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED  WITH VERY LARGE HAIL PRIMARY THREAT. 
HOWEVER GIVEN FAVORABLE PARAMETERS...TORNADOES ARE LIKELY ASSOCIATED
WITH MOST INTENSE SUPERCELLS PARTICULARLY TOWARD EVENING.

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.


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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.