SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 520
PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN KANSAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
RUSSELL KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 638...
DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN BOTH NUMBER AND
INTENSITY THIS EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT WITHIN
A STEEP LAPSE RATE AND STRONGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MLCAPE OF
3000-4000 J/KG. REGION RESIDES ALONG SRN FRINGE OF STRONGER MID AND
HIGH-LEVEL WIND FIELD ATTENDANT TO LARGE-SCALE N-CNTRL CONUS UPPER
TROUGH WITH GENERALLY 30-45 KT OF DEEP WSWLY SHEAR. AS SUCH...SETUP
WILL FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZED MULTICELL AND SOME SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES WITH THE THREAT FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
AVIATION...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 27025.
...MEAD
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