WW 260 TORNADO KS MO 311915Z – 010300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI TO 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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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DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST
KS AND WESTERN/CENTRAL MO. STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE RISK OF A FEW SUPERCELL STORMS.
LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE THREAT OF A
FEW TORNADOES /PERHAPS STRONG/. HIGH CAPE VALUES AND STEEP MID
LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL ALSO POSE A RISK OF VERY LARGE HAIL.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...HART
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0260.html
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