Severe Thunderstorm Watch 430

Issued

Jun 14, 1997, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1997, 7:00 PM MDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 141927
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MKC WW 141927
TXZ000-NMZ000-150100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 430
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
227 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997

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

   WEST TEXAS                              
   EASTERN NEW MEXICO                         

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PLAINVIEW
TEXAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND TEXAS.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 428...WW 429...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN ASSOCIATION WITH MID
LEVEL VORT MAX. AIRMASS IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES OF 4000-
5500 J/KG. ALTHOUGH MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARE WARM...DEGREE OF
INSTABILITY SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 1/4 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 21020.


...VESCIO

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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Mexico, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.