Tornado Watch 29

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 7:15 AM CST (13:15 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 1:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 29
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
654 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

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

   SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 715 AM UNTIL 100
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 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS TO 35
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA.

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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 28.  WATCH NUMBER 28 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 715 AM CST.

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY WITH
APPROACH OF VERY STRONG TROUGH AND MID/UPPER JET FROM SWRN TX.  12Z
SOUNDINGS INDICATED MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS N TX INTO
SRN OK WITH VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES.  STORMS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ALONG AND AHEAD
OF LINE NOW MOVING EWD  INTO CENTRAL OK EXTENDING SSWWD INTO NWRN
TX.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURF>ACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.


...HALES

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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.