Tornado Watch 69

Issued

Mar 7, 2000, 12:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 7, 2000, 5:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 39 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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WWUS9 KMKC 071735
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MKC WW 071735
OKZ000-TXZ000-072300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 69
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

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

   OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE                           
   TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM NOON CST UNTIL 500 PM CST.

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 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND TEXAS TO ELKHART
KANSAS.

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 68...

DISCUSSION...STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO WRN TX PANHANDLE AS
VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH MOVES NEWD INTO NM.  FRONT ENCOUNTERING
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH CORRESPONDING RAPID INCREASE IN
THUNDERSTORMS.  SHEAR PROFILES FAVORABLE FOR A DAMAGING WIND SQUALL
LINE WITH INCREASING THREAT OF SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES DURING THE
AFTERNOON AS THE LINE MOVES EWD INTO ERN TX PANHANDLE. 


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


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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.