BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1210 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

.A...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR

PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES. ALSO LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS FAVOR 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.

.B...OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 181. WATCH NUMBER 181 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 100 PM CDT.

.C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBUS WITH MAX TOPS TO 600. MEAN WIND VECTOR 23040.

.D...LINE TOWERING CUMULUS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST OF CNK TO BETWEEN RSL AND SLN AT MOMENT. EXPECT RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN NEXT HOUR ALONG DRY LINE/COLD FRONT WITH SUPERCELLS AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT LIKELY.

.E...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUE WW NUMBER 182. WW LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED WITHIN NEXT HOUR OR TWO OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OK. WW LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN KS AND WESTERN MO.

...JOHNS