WW 196 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 280020Z – 280400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 196
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
720 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY EVENING FROM 720 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
OLATHE KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 194...WW 195...
DISCUSSION...ELEVATED SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS POSING A RISK FOR
SVR HAIL WILL AFFECT THE LAWRENCE/KANSAS CITY/ST JOSEPH AREAS THIS
EVE AS NARROWING...ELEVATED TONGUE OF HIGH THETA-E AIR PIVOTS NE
ACROSS REGION ON SRN FRINGE OF EJECTING UPR IMPULSE IN SRN NEB.
DEAMPLIFICATION OF UPR DISTURBANCE...AND PERSISTENT WAA ATOP
SFC-BASED COOL DOME...SUGGEST THAT STORMS MAY PERSIST OVER WW AREA
INTO MID EVE.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 23035.
...CORFIDI
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0196.html
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