Tornado Watch 225

Issued

May 4, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2002, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 050333
SEL5  
SPC WW 050328
TXZ000-050900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 225
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1028 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2002

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

   WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM UNTIL
400 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO 60
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TEMPLE 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 224.  WATCH NUMBER 224 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1045 PM
CDT.

DISCUSSION...LINE OF HP-SUPERCELLS WILL LIKELY PERSIST FROM NORTH
OF MAF TO THE ABI/MWL AREAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  ADDITIONAL LARGE
HP-SUPERCELL MAY CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY SEWD INVOF SURFACE FRONT
TOWARDS THE TPL AREA OVERNIGHT.  LARGE HODOGRAPHS AND STRONG DEEP
LAYER SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT...ALONG WITH
THE THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.


...EVANS

330,0975 304,0961 304,1002 330,1020

WWUS20 KWNS 050333
SEL5  
SPC WW 050328
TXZ000-050900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 225
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1028 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2002

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

   WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM UNTIL
400 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO 60
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TEMPLE 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 224.  WATCH NUMBER 224 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1045 PM
CDT.

DISCUSSION...LINE OF HP-SUPERCELLS WILL LIKELY PERSIST FROM NORTH
OF MAF TO THE ABI/MWL AREAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  ADDITIONAL LARGE
HP-SUPERCELL MAY CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY SEWD INVOF SURFACE FRONT
TOWARDS THE TPL AREA OVERNIGHT.  LARGE HODOGRAPHS AND STRONG DEEP
LAYER SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT...ALONG WITH
THE THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.


...EVANS

330,0975 304,0961 304,1002 330,1020

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2002Every tornado watch in 2002

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.