Tornado Watch 128

Issued

Mar 28, 2000, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 2000, 10:00 PM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 128
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
253 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2000

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

   SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA TO
WACO 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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NE OF ABI NEAR
W EDGE OF MOIST AXIS.  PRIND...ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP
RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND MOVE EWD INTO MOIST AXIS. 
SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.

...JOHNS

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