Monday, June 1, 2009

WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 319

WWUS20 KWNS 012029
SEL9
SPC WW 012029
IAZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-020400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009

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

SOUTHERN IOWA
PARTS OF NORTHERN KANSAS
PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI
PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
1100 PM 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 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
BURLINGTON IOWA. 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 318...

DISCUSSION...WARM SECTOR TO S OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS BECOME VERY
WARM AND UNSTABLE. WITH LITTLE REMAINING CINH...THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE INCREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY VICINITY AND LATER N OF
BOUNDARY. WITH MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DOWNBURST DAMAGING WINDS.

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 26020.


...HALES

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