Tornado Watch 419

Issued

Jun 19, 2007, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

4 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

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

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

60%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1196Jun 19, 12:59 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1203Jun 19, 5:24 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1206Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 191814
SEL9  
SPC WW 191814
KSZ000-NEZ000-200200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 419
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

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

       MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS
       SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF HILL CITY
KANSAS TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY 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 417...WW 418...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING VICINITY GRAHAM COUNTY
KS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS EXTREME INSTABILITY MOVES NWD THRU
WRN KS.  WITH FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR PROFILES...SUPERCELLS ALONG
WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS WILL BE LIKELY.  STORMS
SHOULD INCREASER IN NUMBER ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON
AS THE WEAK CAP CONTINUES TO ERODE.

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 36015.


...HALES

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.