WW 460 SEVERE TSTM AR KS MO OK 030020Z – 030700Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 460
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
720 PM CDT FRI AUG 2 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 20 MILES EAST OF JOPLIN
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
&&
DISCUSSION...HIGH-BASED STORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING WITHIN A
DEEPLY MIXED ENVIRONMENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL KS...WITH
THESE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY INTO
ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KS THIS EVENING...WHILE MAINLY
ELEVATED STORMS OTHERWISE EXPAND/MOVE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS
EASTERN KS/WESTERN MO/NORTHEAST OK. INITIAL RISK OF SEVERE HAIL WILL
EXIST THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS POTENTIALLY BECOMING MORE
OF A CONCERN BY LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS POTENTIAL MCS
DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN INTO THE
OVERNIGHT.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27030.
...GUYER
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0460.html
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