WW 226 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 030035Z – 030700Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 226
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
735 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
SOUTH CENTRAL INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NORFOLK NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HILL CITY 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 225...
DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE DEVELOPING QUICKLY ALONG A RETREATING
BOUNDARY IN CENTRAL NEB...AND FARTHER S NEAR A WEAK TRIPLE POINT IN
NRN KS. THE ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL
INITIALLY. THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A
CLUSTER OR TWO BY EARLY TONIGHT...WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR
DAMAGING WINDS.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24025.
...THOMPSON
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0226.html
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