Severe Thunderstorm Watch 342

Issued

May 27, 2002, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS20 KWNS 271728
SEL2  
SPC WW 271724
TXZ000-280000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 342
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1224 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

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

   NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1230 PM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 145 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WACO TEXAS
TO 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS.

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.

DISCUSSION...STORMS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY/DEVELOP ON SRN PERIPHERY
OF OVERNIGHT MCS NOW NEAR MWL.  SURFACE HEATING AND GRADUAL 
INCREASE IN DEEP SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACH OF NM SHORTWAVE
IMPULSE WILL CREATE INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE ENVIORNMENT FOR
SUPERCELLS...WITH LARGE HAI//HIGH WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28025.

...CORFIDI

335,0935 312,0940 312,0985 335,0990

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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.