Tornado Watch 310

Issued

May 8, 1998, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 081750
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MKC WW 081750
TXZ000-090100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 310
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1250 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 1998

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

   WEST AND NORTHWEST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES.  ALSO...LARGE 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 80 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 25
MILES NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS 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 309...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ON THE WEST EDGE OF THE
MOIST AXIS ACROSS WRN TX. ACTIVITY SHOULD INCREASE RAPIDLY AS LARGE
SCALE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.
SHEAR PROFILES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS.

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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.


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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.