Tornado Watch 381

Issued

Jun 2, 2004, 2:20 PM MDT (20:20 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 2004, 9:00 PM MDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 381
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

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

       EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO
       EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS
       WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE
       THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 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 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LIBERAL KANSAS TO 75
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AMARILLO 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 378...WW 379...WW 380...

DISCUSSION...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OK BOW ECHO/CONVECTION EXTENDS
NW-SE FROM THE OK PANHANDLE INTO NWRN OK.  AIR MASS ACROSS THE TX
PANHANDLE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE BETWEEN 2500 TO 4000 J/KG. 
ORIENTATION OF THE BOUNDARY WILL ALSO ENHANCE CONVERGENCE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS AROUND 60 KT WITH BRN SHEAR
NUMBERS AROUND 70 M2/S2 INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED LARGE
TORNADOES MOSTLY IN THE TX PANHANDLE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 31030.


...MCCARTHY

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