JUST OUT --- WW 328:

[USAwx1]

025
WWUS30 KWNS 300240
SAW8
SPC AWW 300245
WW 328 TORNADO KS OK 300245Z - 300900Z
AXIS..115 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
20NW EMP/EMPORIA KS/ - 65SSE END/ENID OK/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 100NM E/W /60ESE SLN - 10NE OKC/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..70 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.

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REPLACES WW 322..KS OK TX


520
WWUS20 KWNS 300244
SEL8
SPC WW 300245
KSZ000-OKZ000-300900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 328
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
945 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

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

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM UNTIL
400 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 115 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 65
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ENID OKLAHOMA.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 322. WATCH NUMBER 322 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 945
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 321...WW 327...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS
SOUTHERN KS AND CENTRAL OK. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
SWD ALONG COLD FRONT...POSSIBLY INTO NWRN OK AFTER MIDNIGHT.
STRENGTHENING LLJ WILL MAINTAIN SUPERCELL AND TORNADIC THREAT.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...DARROW/EVANS

;383,0941 352,0952 352,0993 383,0983;

[USAwx1]

replaces WW 322, and IS NOT a PDS watch, however as i think i said earlier, and as we are learning from the OKC threat this evening A TORNADO WATCH MEANS WHAT IT MEANS. take this situation seriously, these cells across KS nd OK are especially dangerous.

[Guest]

replaces WW 322, and IS NOT a PDS watch, however as i think i said earlier, and as we are learning from the OKC threat this evening A TORNADO WATCH MEANS WHAT IT MEANS. take this situation seriously, these cells across KS nd OK are especially dangerous.

Yep. Take for instance the mini outbreak in Illinois in April; I don't think they had a PDS. Yet, the area had massive devastation and several deaths.

[USAwx1]

replaces WW 322, and IS NOT a PDS watch, however as i think i said earlier, and as we are learning from the OKC threat this evening A TORNADO WATCH MEANS WHAT IT MEANS. take this situation seriously, these cells across KS nd OK are especially dangerous.

Yep. Take for instance the mini outbreak in Illinois in April; I don't think they had a PDS. Yet, the area had massive devastation and several deaths.

My point exactly, and GREAT example.....

Any TORNADO (i don't care if it's an F1 or a full blown F5) or SEVERE THUNDERSTORM is dangerous, and warnings (and watches) are issued so that folks understand the severity of the situation.

[Stormsfury]

Exactly, NEweatherguy ... the PDS watch was much further north in Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and yes, there was a quite a few tornadoes, but only 1, I think was stronger than F2 ... the stronger tornadoes that occurred in Illinois somewhat caught everyone by surprise, even SPC, despite the tornado watch being in place ...

Bottom line scenario ... be prepared, period.

SF

[simplykristi]

You should NEVER take any severe weather watch lightly!! Any t-storm can drop a tornado or any other severe weather at any time!!

Kristi

[USAwx1]

You should NEVER take any severe weather watch lightly!! Any t-storm can drop a tornado or any other severe weather at any time!!

Kristi

Even thunderstorms which are generally Non-tornadic can do that quickly especially when convective interactions enhance localized shear

[USAwx1]

BTW, i would watch that line forming off to your west acros the central part of the state along the boundary.