WW 226 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 270835Z – 271500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 226 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 335 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTHWEST MISSOURI * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 335 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 224...WW 225... DISCUSSION...SRN PART OF ERN NEB/WRN IA SQLN SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING SSE INTO NW MO AND NE KS GIVEN 60+ KT NWLY REAR INFLOW JET SAMPLED BY OAX VWP...50 KT SWLY LLJ AT TOPEKA...AND SIZABLE BUOYANCY OVER REGION ABOVE NOCTURNAL STABLE LAYER. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY BE CONFINED TO POINTS ALONG AND E OF SQLN/S INTERSECTION WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT BY EARLIER NRN MO MCS. THAT BOUNDARY ATTM EXTENDS NW-SE THROUGH FAR SE NEB /TO THE WEST OF FALLS CITY NEB/ AND OVER NE KS /TO THE W OF ST JOSEPH MO/. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32030. ...CORFIDI
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