Tornado Watch 438

Issued

May 26, 1998, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1998, 9:00 PM MDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 262157
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TXZ000-NMZ000-270300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
457 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998

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

   WEST TEXAS                              
   EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO                         

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL 1000
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 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 110 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL NEW
MEXICO TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF JUNCTION 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 430...WW 431...WW
432...WW 433...WW 434...WW 435...WW 436...WW 437...

DISCUSSION...EXTREME INSTABLITY /SURFACE-BASED CAPE TO 5000
J/KG/...COUPLED WITH VEERING WIND PROFILES AND UPLSOPE FLOW IN
VICINITY OF BOUNDARIES LEFTOVER FROM YESTERDAY...LIKELY TO RESULT
IN SCATTERED SLOW-MOVING SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING
WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.    

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 600. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.


...CORFIDI

354,1051 314,0993 294,0993 334,1051

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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.