Tornado Watch 252

Issued

Jun 3, 2015, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

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

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 872Jun 3, 3:00 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 873Jun 3, 4:05 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 877Jun 3, 8:20 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 880Jun 4, 12:01 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 881Jun 4, 1:56 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 032331
SEL2  
SPC WW 032331
KSZ000-NEZ000-040700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 252
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
630 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KANSAS
  SOUTHERN NEBRASKA

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM
  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY-MID EVENING...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS. 
ISOLATED VERY LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL IS POSSIBLE AMIDST BROADER
THREAT OF SEVERE HAIL FROM SEVERAL STORMS.  RISKS FOR DAMAGING GUSTS
AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES ALSO EXIST.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILL
CITY KANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 251...

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 25020.


...EDWARDS

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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.