BREAKING WEATHER UPDATE: The details are now out on the watch that was just issued, so, details follow: THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXPECTED WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 90 MPH POSSIBLE SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 140 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 376...WW 377... DISCUSSION...RAPID INTENSE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT ADVANCING SOUTHWARD THROUGH PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE FRONT AND OUTFLOW FROM MORNING STORMS...ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... BEFORE GROWING UPSCALE AND SPREADING SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS. WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 100F TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE AFORMENTIONED BOUNDARIES...THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS NOW VERY DEEPLY MIXED WITH LARGE TEMPERATURE-DEW POINT SPREADS. ALONG WITH STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SIZABLE CAPE IN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...BENEATH 30-40 NORTHWESTERLY 500 MB FLOW...THE ENVIRONMENT APPEARS CONDUCIVE TO SUPERCELLS AND ORGANIZED STORM DEVELOPMENT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...AT LEAST INITIALLY...ALONG WITH VERY STRONG DOWNBURSTS. CONSOLIDATING COLD POOLS SHOULD TEND TO ACCELERATE SOUTH/SOUTHEASTWARD WITH A BROADER SCALE DAMAGING WIND THREAT INTO EARLY EVENING.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:41:00 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015