Tornado Watch 127

Issued

Apr 11, 2001, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 11, 2001, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 110723
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MKC WW 110718
TXZ000-111300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
218 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

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

   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 245 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS TO 70
MILES NORTH OF DALLAS 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 123.  WATCH NUMBER 123 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 245 AM
CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 124...WW 125...WW 126...   ALSO...A NEW WW WILL
BE ISSUED SHORTLY ACROSS CENTRAL/ERN OK INTO SERN KS.

DISCUSSION...STORNG STORMS ARE BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED OVER
CENTRAL TX IN ADVANCE OF SHORT WAVE TROUHG LIFTING NEWD ACROSS THE
SRN ROCKIES.  WIND PROFILES REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE STORMS WITH
POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.


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 450. 
MEAN STORM ,MOTION VECTOR 23050.


...WEISS

;335,0952 305,0971 305,0995 335,0981;

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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.