Tornado Watch 359

Issued

Jun 7, 2007, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1038Jun 7, 1:16 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1046Jun 7, 6:41 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1048Jun 7, 7:54 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 071856
SEL9  
SPC WW 071856
KSZ000-MOZ000-080300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 359
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

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

       PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS
       PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE
MISSOURI TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OLATHE 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 357...WW 358...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STEADILY INCREASINGLY ALONG BOUNDARY
FROM NCENTRAL MO/IA BORDER TO E CENTRAL KS.  WITH THE AIRMASS NOW
VERY UNSTABLE AND UNCAPPED...ALONG WITH 50-60KT OF
SHEAR...SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF THE LINE
THRU THE REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON.  ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS/LARGE
HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES

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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.