Tornado Watch 239

Issued

May 5, 2007, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Particularly dangerous situation

Yes

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Wichita radar (KICT), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Two or more tornadoes

70%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

50%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

90%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

40%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 711May 5, 6:16 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 715May 5, 8:18 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 717May 5, 11:24 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 718May 6, 1:50 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 060207
SEL9  
SPC WW 060207
KSZ000-060900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 239
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
905 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

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

       MUCH OF KANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 905 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

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

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA
KANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 232...WW 234...WW
235...WW 236...WW 237...WW 238...

DISCUSSION...SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST
MOIST...HIGHLY-SHEARED ENVIRONMENT OVER THE CNTRL PLNS ON ERN SIDE
OF 70+ KT SSWLY MID LEVEL SPEED MAX.  WHILE ACTIVITY MAY CONGEAL
INTO ONE OR MORE SEMI-LINEAR CLUSTERS...POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN FOR
TORNADOES.  OTHER STORMS MAY FORM LATER TONIGHT NEAR DRY LINE IN WRN
PART OF WW...AND IN WARM ADVECTION ZONE OVER NE KS.

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 22040.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2007Every tornado watch in 2007

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.