Tornado Watch 378

Issued

Jun 4, 2002, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS20 KWNS 041912
SEL8  
SPC WW 041908
TXZ000-050100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 378
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
208 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002

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

WEST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 800
PM 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 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 45
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PLAINVIEW 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.


DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON
IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT/DRYLINE INTERSECTION.  DEW POINTS
IN THE MID 60S...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S...WILL
SUPPORT SBCAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 3000 J/KG.  MEANWHILE...WIND
PROFILES WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AS A SPEED MAX APPROACHES FROM NM.  LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...THOUGH A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.


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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.


...THOMPSON

344,1010 330,1011 330,1030 344,1025

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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.