Tornado Watch 389

Issued

May 16, 2003, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)

Expired

May 16, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1013May 16, 1:22 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1014May 16, 2:33 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1015May 16, 3:07 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1016May 16, 4:04 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1017May 16, 5:22 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 160616
SEL9  
SPC WW 160620
OKZ000-161200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 389 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
120 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 120 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 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 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 5
MILES SOUTH 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 387...WW 388...


DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG MESO LOW AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NWRN OK.  WITH VWP HELICITIES WELL ABOVE 500
M2/S2 IN WARM SECTOR WITH MLCAPES TO ABOVE 2000 J/KG...POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS BOTH AHEAD OF INTENSE SQUALL LINE AS WELL AS
EMBEDDED IN THE SQUALL LINE ASSOCIATED WITH MESO LOW  WILL CONTINUE
AS SYSTEM MOVES EWD.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


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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.