Tornado Watch 96

Issued

Mar 30, 2007, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2007, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 383Mar 30, 6:53 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 384Mar 30, 7:12 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 387Mar 30, 9:56 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 310058
SEL6  
SPC WW 310058
KSZ000-OKZ000-310800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
755 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

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

       EASTERN KANSAS
       EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MANHATTAN KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 94. WATCH NUMBER 94 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 755
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 95...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS/EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG
LEADING EDGE OF MCS/RAINFALL SHIELD NOW OVER CNTRL OK/KS.  AS SFC
PRESSURE FALLS CONTINUE OVER CNTRL OK/KS IN RESPONSE TO EJECTING MID
LEVEL SPEED MAX NOW ENTERING W TX...ASSOCIATED BACKING OF LOW-LEVEL
WINDS WILL LENGTHEN LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS.  COUPLED WITH NEARLY
SATURATED LOWER LEVELS...THIS MAY SUPPORT A THREAT FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...CORFIDI

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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.