Tornado Watch 323

Issued

May 29, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 300331
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MKC WW 300325
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 323
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1025 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

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

   CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1030 PM
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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 35
MILES SOUTH OF ARDMORE 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...  CONTINUE...WW 321...WW 322...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS/SUPERCELLS IN WRN OK EXPECTED TO
SPREAD EWD INTO CNTRL OK THROUGH LATER TONIGHT.  AS ACTIVTY
ENCOUNTERS ENVIRONMENT OF RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND BACKED FLOW
NEAR THE SURFACE...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES.  MAIN
TORNADO THREAT SHOULD BE CONFINED TO VICINITY OF LEWP CRESTS AND/OR
WITH ISOLATED CELLS AHEAD OF LINE SEGMENTS.

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 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.

...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.