Figure 3-1. Aviation Severe Weather Watch Bulletin

CHAPTER THREE

METEOROLOGY FLIGHT PLANNING

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 29

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO

1245 PM CST THUR FEB 18 20XX

A...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

WATCH FOR

SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

EAST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE FROM 1 PM CST UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM

WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES

EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN TEXAS TO 35 MILES

WEST OF WICHITA KANSAS.

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.

B...OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 28. WATCH NUMBER 28

WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1 PM CST.

C...A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 2 IN. EXTRM TURBC AND SFC

WND GUSTS TO 70 KT. SCTD CBS WITH MAX TOPS TO 500 PSBL. MEAN WIND

VECTOR 22040KT.

D...WITH CLD FNT MOVG SEWD FM WRN KS N CNTRL TX AND DVLPG LOW OK

PANHANDLE MOVG EWD STG CNVRGNC SHLD DVLP ALG CLD FNT AND NR

INTERSECTION WITH WRM FNT. CONTD STG INFLOW OF UNSTABLE AMS.

Figure 3-1 Aviation Severe Weather Watch Bulletin

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SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES, MILITARY ADVISORIES, AND PIREPS