Collier County ARES/RACES



PROPOSED NWS PROTOCOL FOR APRS
Example 3: Tornado Watch from Storm Prediction Center
Dale Huguley, KG5QD

kg5qd@naples.net

ZCZC MKCSEL6  
:383,0994 354,0994 353,1020 383,1021:WWUS9 KMKC 012027
MKC WW 012027
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-020300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 226
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
327 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS                             
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA                           
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 95
MILES SOUTH OF LIBERAL KANSAS.


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.

DISCUSSION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG COLD FRONT NEAR
CO/KS BORDER EXPCD TO BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG DRY LINE INTO AREA
AHEAD OF DRY LINE BULGE.  PROFILERS INDICATE SHEAR PROFILE QUITE
STRONG FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 1/2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.


...JOHNS

;383,0994 354,0994 353,1020 383,1021;


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