Tornado Watch 28

Issued

Feb 23, 2007, 8:29 PM CST (02:29 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2007, 3:02 AM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 179Feb 23, 6:15 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 180Feb 23, 6:45 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 181Feb 23, 7:35 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 184Feb 23, 10:31 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 185Feb 23, 11:21 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 240230
SEL8  
SPC WW 240230
KSZ000-241200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
830 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

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

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
RUSSELL KANSAS TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 27...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW IN FAR SW KS EXPECTED TO JOINED BY ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT 1-2 HRS AS LEADING EDGE OF STRONGER HEIGHT
FALLS/MID LEVEL COLD ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH POTENT NRN NM
SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVERSPREAD REGION.  AS MID LEVEL SW TO SSWLY FLOW
INCREASES TO AOA 60 KTS AND BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE CONTINUES TO
SLOWLY INCREASE AHEAD OF W KS SFC LOW...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR
SHORT LINES/CLUSTERS OF SUPERCELLS WITH HIGH WIND/POSSIBLE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.


...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.