Tornado Watch 437

Issued

Jun 8, 2005, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1240Jun 8, 9:47 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1241Jun 8, 11:46 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1244Jun 8, 1:03 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1249Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1253Jun 8, 6:22 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1254Jun 8, 7:26 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1255Jun 8, 8:02 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 081830
SEL7  
SPC WW 081830
KSZ000-MOZ000-090200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 437
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

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

       EASTERN KANSAS
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
900 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 70 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI
TO 50 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS.  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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 435. WATCH NUMBER 435 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 130 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 436...

DISCUSSION...AIR MASS NOW EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPES IN EXCESS
OF 4000 J/KG  ACROSS WATCH AREA.  WITH ONGOING SEVERE STORMS NRN MO
CONTINUING AND BOUNDARIES EXTENDING WWD ACROSS NRN MO NEW
DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED  .  SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS ACCOMPANIED
BY VERY LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.  STORMS WILL
DEVELOP S AND W WITH TIME INTO ERN KS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NOW 
ACROSS CENTRAL KS.

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 650.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.


...HALES

374,0913 371,0970 392,0970 395,0913

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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.