Thursday, May 29, 2008

KANSAS CITY MetroRegion WEATHER; Tornado Watch No. 388 - Kansas



Tornado Watch Number 388 will be in effect for Kansas City MetroRegion counties Brown and Jackson in Kansas....


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 388
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
645 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEAST KANSAS
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
TEKAMAH NEBRASKA TO 70 MILES SOUTH OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH oUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 384...WW 385...WW
386...WW 387...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL CLUSTERS OVER S CENTRAL NEB AND N CENTRAL KS WILL SPREAD EWD THROUGH THE EVENING TOWARD NE KS/SE NEB/SW IA.
RECENT OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS AND SHORT TERM MODEL FORECASTS SUPPORT A TENDENCY FOR UPSCALE GROWTH OF THE CONVECTION INTO A COUPLE OF MCS/S ...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS THEREAFTER. UNTIL THEN...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES /POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED STRONG TORNADO / AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE WITH SUPERCELLS...GIVEN A RELATIVELY
MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND INCREASING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR THROUGH THE EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...THOMPSON

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 388
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
645 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

TORNADO WATCH 388 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

IAC071-085-129-133-137-145-155-165-300700- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0388.080529T2345Z-080530T0700Z/IA
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

FREMONT HARRISON MILLS MONONA MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE SHELBY


KSC013-027-085-117-131-149-161-201-300700- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0388.080529T2345Z-080530T0700Z/KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BROWN CLAY JACKSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE
RILEY WASHINGTON


NEC021-023-025-037-039-053-055-067-095-097-109-127-131-133-147- 151-153-155-159-173-177-300700-/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0388.080529T2345Z-080530T0700Z/ NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BURT BUTLER CASS COLFAX CUMING DODGE DOUGLAS GAGE JEFFERSON JOHNSON LANCASTER NEMAHA OTOE PAWNEE RICHARDSON SALINE SARPY SAUNDERS SEWARD THURSTON WASHINGTON


ATTN...WFO...OAX...TOP...




SAW8
WW 388 TORNADO IA KS NE 292345Z - 300700Z
AXIS..45 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
25NNE TQE/TEKAMAH NE/ - 70S BIE/BEATRICE NE/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 40NM E/W /57N OVR - 46ENE SLN/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..70 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.

LAT...LON 42099511 39279591 39279758 42099686

THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS FOR WOU8.

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