

420 

WWUS20 KWNS 292033

SEL3

SPC WW 292033

IAZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-300400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 243

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA

  NORTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM

  UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

SALINA KANSAS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 239...WW 240...WW

241...WW 242...



DISCUSSION...TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON

ALONG NWD-MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER SERN NEB WITH ONGOING STORMS

OVER S-CNTRL KS MOVING INTO NERN KS PORTION OF WATCH.  THE AMBIENT

AIR MASS IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH THE STRONGEST SHEAR SITUATED

ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES APPEAR

PROBABLE WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A COUPLE

TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24030.





...MEAD

