Tornado Watch 204

Issued

May 6, 2001, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 204
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
211 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

   CENTRAL TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

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 110 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION TEXAS TO 55 MILES
NORTHWEST OF 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 202...WW 203...

DISCUSSION...WITH AIR MASS NOW VERY UNSTABLE...CAPES TO 4000
J/KG..AND WEAKLY CAPPED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP RAPIDLY  WRN PORTION OF WW.  VEERING SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT
ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ENHANCING LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL ALONG WITH
ISOLATED TORNADOS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROPAGATE E/SE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 UINCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28020.


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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2001Every tornado watch in 2001

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.