Tornado Watch 425

Issued

Jun 14, 2001, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 2001, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Norman radar (KTLX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 141913
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MKC WW 141907
ARZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-150100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 425
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
207 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

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

   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS                           
   EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI                           
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTH TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WORTH TEXAS TO 25 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF MONETT MISSOURI.

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 424...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG AND EAST
OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN
PART OF NORTH TEXAS AS SRN PART OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVES EWD
ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS.  AIR MASS OVER THE AREA IS VERY MOIST WITH
DEW POINTS IN THE LOW/MID 70S...CONTRIBUTING TO VERY UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT WITH MUCAPE OF 3500-4500 J/KG.  WIND PROFILES CURRENTLY
EXHIBIT LOW LEVEL VEERING...AND MIDDLE LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
VEER TO A MORE WSWLY DIRECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON INDICATING AND
INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.


...WEISS

;323,0991 370,0955 370,0924 323,0960;

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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.