Tornado Watch 478

Issued

Jun 4, 2003, 2:20 PM MDT (20:20 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2003, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1231Jun 4, 11:12 AM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1235Jun 4, 2:27 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1236Jun 4, 5:31 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1237Jun 4, 7:24 PM MDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 478 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
220 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2003

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

       SOUTHEAST COLORADO
       EASTERN NEW MEXICO
       WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
       WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL
800 PM MDT.

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 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA COLORADO TO 55
MILES SOUTH OF CANNON AFB NEW MEXICO.

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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 477. WATCH NUMBER 477 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 220 PM MDT. 


DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW HAS DEEPENED NERN NM ENHANCING VEERING
SHEAR PROFILES E OF MOUNTAINS FOR INCREASED THREAT OF TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING
OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND MOVE SSEWD INTO THE INSTABILITY AXIS.

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 33025.


...HALES

381,1014 333,1014 333,1044 381,1045

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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.