Tornado Watch 243

Issued

May 29, 2013, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 2013, 10:35 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 859May 29, 3:12 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 862May 29, 5:18 PM CDT

420 
WWUS20 KWNS 292033
SEL3  
SPC WW 292033
IAZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-300400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 243
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA
  NORTHEAST KANSAS
  SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM
  UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
SALINA KANSAS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 239...WW 240...WW
241...WW 242...

DISCUSSION...TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
ALONG NWD-MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER SERN NEB WITH ONGOING STORMS
OVER S-CNTRL KS MOVING INTO NERN KS PORTION OF WATCH.  THE AMBIENT
AIR MASS IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH THE STRONGEST SHEAR SITUATED
ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES APPEAR
PROBABLE WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A COUPLE
TORNADOES.

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 24030.


...MEAD

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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.