WW 194 TORNADO KS 271915Z – 280200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 194
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA
KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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.
DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG THE
DRY LINE OVER CENTRAL KS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING FORCING FROM A
STRONG VORTICITY MAX MOVING OVER WRN KS. HEATING IN ADVANCE OF THE
DRY LINE OVER CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KS IS CONTINUING TO
DESTABILIZE THE AIR MASS AND WEAKEN THE CAP...WITH RADAR AND VISIBLE
SATELLITE SHOWING EARLY STAGES OF DEEPENING CONVECTION. CURRENT
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KS WILL MOVE NEWD TOWARD
NERN KS...WHILE OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL/SERN KS. VAD AND WIND PROFILER DATA SUPPORT SUPERCELL
FORMATION WITH POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM STRONGER CELLS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.
...WEISS
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0194.html
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