Tornado Watch 132

Issued

Apr 19, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)

Expired

Apr 19, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 501Apr 19, 1:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 502Apr 19, 2:02 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 503Apr 19, 3:15 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 505Apr 19, 5:50 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 506Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 507Apr 19, 7:54 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 508Apr 19, 8:29 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 191931
SEL2
SPC WW 191930
KSZ000-OKZ000-200200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 132
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

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

SOUTHEAST KANSAS                             
EASTERN OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

 ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
 
DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE 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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS TO 30
MILES EAST OF DURANT 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 131...

DISCUSSION...DESTABILIZATION CONTINUES NEWD FROM CENTRAL TOWARD
ERN/NERN OK AS LOW CLOUDS ERODE AND TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S. 
AT THE SAME TIME...CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IS WEAKENING ALONG THE
DRYLINE ACROSS CENTRAL/S CENTRAL OK...AND THUNDERSTORM INITIATION
IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS.  THE COMBINATION OF STRONG DEEP
LAYER SHEAR AND MLCAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG WILL SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS.  ADDITIONALLY...
BOUNDARY LAYER DEW POINTS IN THE MID-UPPER 60S AND 0-1 SRH VALUES
OF 150-200 M2/S2 COULD SUPPORT A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR.

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.


...THOMPSON

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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.