NEW TORNADO WATCH FOR TORNADO ALLEY
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:22 pm
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT MON APR 19 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
WEST TEXAS AND THE PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALHART TEXAS TO 60 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.
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...AIRMASS OVER THE TX PANHANDLE IS RAPIDLY DESTABILIZING
THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD AND STRONG
HEATING OCCURS. WEAKENING CAP AND LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN
THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS. SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL. TORNADO THREAT APPEARS GREATEST IN VICINITY OF THE
RETREATING SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...HART
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT MON APR 19 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
WEST TEXAS AND THE PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALHART TEXAS TO 60 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.
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...AIRMASS OVER THE TX PANHANDLE IS RAPIDLY DESTABILIZING
THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD AND STRONG
HEATING OCCURS. WEAKENING CAP AND LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN
THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS. SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL. TORNADO THREAT APPEARS GREATEST IN VICINITY OF THE
RETREATING SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...HART
