Tornado Watch 295

Issued

Jun 14, 2014, 5:40 PM MDT (23:40 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 2014, 9:58 PM MDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

50%

Ten or more severe hail reports

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

60%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 995Jun 14, 2:06 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 997Jun 14, 5:22 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1000Jun 14, 7:21 PM MDT

810 
WWUS20 KWNS 142341
SEL5  
SPC WW 142341
COZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-150400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 295
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
640 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO
  NORTHWEST KANSAS
  EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 640 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 293...WW 294...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL CLUSTER IN NE CO WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND MOVE
EWD ON THE IMMEDIATE COOL SIDE OF THE SURFACE COLD
FRONT...POTENTIALLY GROWING UPSCALE INTO A SMALL MCS LATER THIS
EVENING.  NNELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND A CORRIDOR OF UPPER 50S TO LOWER
60S DEWPOINTS...BENEATH STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES...WILL SUPPORT A
RISK FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGING GUSTS.  A COUPLE
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE ENHANCEMENT TO THE
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR/HODOGRAPH CURVATURE GIVEN THE NELY LOW-LEVEL WINDS.

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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...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.