Tornado Watch 244

Issued

Jun 6, 2014, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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

40%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 858Jun 6, 1:29 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 865Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 868Jun 6, 6:13 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 870Jun 6, 8:16 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 062223
SEL4  
SPC WW 062223
KSZ000-070600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHERN AND WESTERN KANSAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 515
  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 40 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL KANSAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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...WW 243...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS FORMING IN WEAK W-E WAA ZONE EXPECTED TO PERSIST
THROUGH THE EVE...AND POSSIBLY STRENGTHEN AS WIND FIELD/ASCENT
INCREASE DOWNSTREAM FROM APPROACHING UPR IMPULSE. WHILE STORM
INTERACTIONS WILL SOMEWHAT LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR LONG-LIVED DISCRETE
ACTIVITY...GIVEN EXISTING AND FCST WIND PROFILES AND DEGREE OF
BUOYANCY...SOME RISK WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL/DMGG
WIND...AND TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2014Every tornado watch in 2014

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.