Tornado Watch 260

Issued

Jun 5, 2015, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2015, 11:50 PM MDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

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 902Jun 5, 4:22 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 904Jun 5, 5:59 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 908Jun 5, 8:45 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 052242
SEL0  
SPC WW 052242
COZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-060600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EASTERN COLORADO
  WESTERN KANSAS
  SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 445 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.

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

SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT NORTHEASTWARD
AND EASTWARD ACROSS THIS REGION THROUGH THE EVENING...OFFERING
DAMAGING HAIL AND SPORADIC SEVERE GUSTS INITIALLY.  A TORNADO RISK
EXISTS WITH ANY SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS.  WITH TIME...MORE ORGANIZED
DAMAGING-WIND POTENTIAL MAY DEVELOP AS STORMS CLUSTER TOGETHER.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF IMPERIAL
NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 258...WW 259...

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 24035.


...EDWARDS

Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2015Tornado Watches in Nebraska, 2015Tornado Watches in Colorado, 2015Every tornado watch in 2015

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.