Tornado Watch 258

Issued

Apr 26, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

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

   NORTHWEST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 30 MILES WEST OF ABILENE 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 257...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING AS THEY MOVE OFF
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND PROPAGATE EASTWARD TO THE EAST OF LBB.  AIR
MASS HAS APPARENTLY RECOVERED SUFFICIENTLY TO SUPPORT STRONG/SEVERE
CONVECTION.  STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING IS EVIDENT AS UPPER LOW MOVES
ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO TOWARD WEST TEXAS.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21030.


...WEISS

342,0985 322,0985 322,1012 342,1013

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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.