Tornado Watch 125

Issued

Apr 11, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 11, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1119 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

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

   CENTRAL KANSAS                             
   WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA                           
   EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE                             

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM MIDNIGHT CDT UNTIL 400 AM
CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 140 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 10
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WICHITA 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 119...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 121.  WATCH NUMBERS
119...121 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT CDT.  CONTINUE...WW
120...WW 122...WW 123...WW 124...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE NOW OVER TX/OK PANHANDLES AND SW KS
EXPECTED TO SWEEP NNE INTO THE CNTRL PLNS LATER TONIGHT/EARLY
WEDNESDAY AS STRONG UPPER SYSTEM NOW OVER THE 4 CORNERS REGION
EJECTS NEWD.  BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPENING W KS
SURFACE LOW...COUPLED WITH MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER ENVIRONMENT/LOW
LCLS AND VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...SUGGEST CONTINUED THREAT
FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.

...CORFIDI

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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.