Tornado Watch 363

Issued

May 24, 2011, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 2011, 2:31 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

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

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 940May 24, 7:07 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 942May 24, 7:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 945May 24, 11:24 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 946May 25, 12:48 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 250027
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SPC WW 250027
KSZ000-MOZ000-250800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 363
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

       EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS
       WEST AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS
CITY MISSOURI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT MISSOURI.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 356...WW 358...WW
360...WW 361...WW 362...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STORMS HAS MOVED NE OFF THE DRYLINE IN
NE OK/ERN KS...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EWD/NEWD THROUGH
EARLY TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE DEEPENING MIDLEVEL TROUGH/CYCLONE
OVER KS/OK.  LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW AND VERTICAL SHEAR WILL INCREASE FROM
W TO E AS THE SYNOPTIC SYSTEM APPROACHES...AND SOME MOISTURE
ADVECTION FROM THE S MAY HELP MAINTAIN WEAK-MODERATE INSTABILITY
DESPITE ONSET OF BOUNDARY LAYER COOLING.  EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/BOWS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FEW TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO
DAMAGING WINDS/HAIL.  THE NRN EXTENT OF THE THREAT IS SOMEWHAT
UNCERTAIN...GIVEN STABILIZING INFLUENCE OF PRIOR CONVECTION ALONG
THE I-70 CORRIDOR.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.


...THOMPSON

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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.