Severe Thunderstorm Watch 337

Issued

May 26, 2002, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 262001
SEL7  
SPC WW 261956
COZ000-KSZ000-NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-270200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 337
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
256 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   FAR EASTERN COLORADO                           
   WESTERN KANSAS                             
   FAR EASTERN NEW MEXICO                         
   THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE                           
   WEST TEXAS AND THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE                     
       
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK
TEXAS TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 334...WW 335...WW 336...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ALONG LEE TROUGH
FROM ERN CO/WRN KS SWD INTO ERN NM/W TX...WHERE WEAK ASCENT WILL
CONTINUE AHEAD OF SRN STREAM VORT LOBE EXITING THE SRN ROCKIES.
LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS LIKELY...WITH DEEP SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR
SUPERCELLS.  STORMS MOTION SHOULD BE DOMINATED BY PROPAGATION ALONG
LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY/MOISTURE AXIS.

AVIATION...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 24025.

...CORFIDI

395,0993 331,1013 331,1040 395,1021

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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.