Tornado Watch 97

Issued

Apr 16, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS20 KWNS 162147
SEL7  
SPC WW 162142
OKZ000-TXZ000-170400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 97
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
442 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002

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

   SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA                           
   CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL 1100
PM 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 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TEMPLE TEXAS TO 45 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.

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 96...

DISCUSSION...WARM ADVECTION ON WRN EDGE OF SHALLOW COLD BUBBLE LEFT
BEHIND BY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH NOW ENTERING AR
EXPECTED TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING
OVER PARTS OF TX/OK.  ABSENCE OF STRONG LINEAR FORCING...MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS AND MODERATE LOW LEVEL VEERING EXPECTED
TO BE FAVORABLE FOR DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES.   

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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...CORFIDI

345,0954 305,0962 305,0992 345,0985

WWUS20 KWNS 162147
SEL7  
SPC WW 162142
OKZ000-TXZ000-170400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 97
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
442 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002

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

   SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA                           
   CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL 1100
PM 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 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TEMPLE TEXAS TO 45 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.

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 96...

DISCUSSION...WARM ADVECTION ON WRN EDGE OF SHALLOW COLD BUBBLE LEFT
BEHIND BY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH NOW ENTERING AR
EXPECTED TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING
OVER PARTS OF TX/OK.  ABSENCE OF STRONG LINEAR FORCING...MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS AND MODERATE LOW LEVEL VEERING EXPECTED
TO BE FAVORABLE FOR DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES.   

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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...CORFIDI

345,0954 305,0962 305,0992 345,0985

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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.