WW 243 TORNADO IA KS NE 292035Z – 300400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 243
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
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 TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
SALINA KANSAS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 239...WW 240...WW
241...WW 242...
DISCUSSION...TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
ALONG NWD-MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER SERN NEB WITH ONGOING STORMS
OVER S-CNTRL KS MOVING INTO NERN KS PORTION OF WATCH. THE AMBIENT
AIR MASS IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH THE STRONGEST SHEAR SITUATED
ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES APPEAR
PROBABLE WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A COUPLE
TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...MEAD
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0243.html
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