SPC Tornado Watch 176

WW 176 TORNADO KS MO 190340Z – 190900Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 176
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1040 PM
  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 170...WW 171...WW
172...WW 173...WW 174...WW 175...

DISCUSSION...NE KS SQLN WITH EMBEDDED LEWP/SUPERCELL EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ENEWD...WHILE STORMS WITHIN THE LINE MOVE MORE NEWD. A RISK
MAY PERSIST FOR A TORNADO OR TWO WITH SUPERCELL/SUSTAINED STORM NEAR
LEWP CREST...IN ADDITION TO DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL. IN
ADDITION...STRENGTH OF LOW-LVL SPEED/DIRECTIONAL SHEAR MAY FOSTER
LOW-LVL/SMALL SCALE CIRCULATIONS ALONG THE BOWING PART OF MCS WITH A
RISK FOR BRIEF/SMALL TORNADOES...GIVEN MOISTURE-RICH INFLOW.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 22030.


...CORFIDI

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