Tornado Watch 319

Issued

May 29, 2001, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 2001, 9:00 PM MDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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MKC WW 291955
NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-300300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 319
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

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

   NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO                         
   OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE                           
   TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.

 ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
 
DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW 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 316...WW 317...WW 318...

DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH CAPES ABOVE 4000 J/KG
COUPLED WITH STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND HELICITIES TO 300 M2/S2 IN
PLACE E OF DRY LINE ACROSS TX/OK PANHANDLE.  SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED
TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE AND LOCALLY ACROSS THE
PANHANDLE IN AREAS OF FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.  STORMS TO
QUICKLY BECOME SUPERCELLS WITH POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND
TORNADOES.  


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS W(ITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...HALES

;365,1005 335,0994 335,1025 365,1040;

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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.