WW 342 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 022335Z – 030600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 342
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN KANSAS
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 635 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL
KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 340...WW 341...
DISCUSSION...TSTM COMPLEX IN ERN CO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MAINLY EWD
THROUGH LATER THIS EVE...WITH A CONTINUED RISK MAINLY FOR DMGG WIND
GIVEN LARGE TEMP-DEW POINT SPREADS...STRENGTH/BREADTH OF EXISTING
COLD POOL...AND 30+ KT WNWLY DEEP SHEAR. THE MOST ACTIVE PART OF
THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MAY TURN SOMEWHAT S OF E LATER THIS EVE AS
STORM MERGERS CONSOLIDATE OVER W CNTRL KS.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28025.
...CORFIDI
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0342.html
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