Tornado Watch 394

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 12:00 PM MDT (18:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 6:00 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 394
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1233 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

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

   WEST TEXAS                              
   SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO                         

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO
TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO 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..STRONG INSTABILTY HAS DEVELOPED IN WEST TX IN WEAKLY
CAPPED ENVIRONMENT.  E/W OUTFLOW BOUNDARY VICINITY MAF WILL FOCUS
RAPID FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW OF
40PLUS KT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW MOVING INTO NORTHERN NM...WILL
PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SHEAR GIVEN INSTABILITY FOR SUPERCELLS AND
TORNADOS.  ONCE DEVELOPED SEVERE THUNDESTORMS WILL PROPAGATE
EASTWARD VICINTY OF E/W BOUNDARY.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.


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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.