Tornado Watch 852

Issued

Oct 5, 2004, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)

Expired

Oct 5, 2004, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Otero County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2298Oct 5, 1:48 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2299Oct 5, 4:15 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2300Oct 5, 5:14 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2301Oct 5, 7:45 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2302Oct 5, 9:32 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 052341
SEL2  
SPC WW 052335
NMZ000-TXZ000-060400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 852
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004

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

       SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
       SOUTHWEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY EVENING FROM 635 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO
TO 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 850...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 851. WATCH
NUMBER 850 851 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 635 PM CDT. 

DISCUSSION...STRONG UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EWD ACROSS THE
SRN ROCKIES THIS EVENING...WITH ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL JET
OVERSPREADING SRN NM AND FAR SWRN TX.  AT THE SURFACE...A LOW CENTER
OVER S-CENTRAL NM IS INCREASING ESELY SURFACE WINDS ACROSS WW. IN
ADDITION...SEVERAL BOUNDARIES EXTEND EWD FROM THIS LOW INTO SERN
NM/SWRN TX WHICH ARE ENHANCING LOW LEVEL SHEAR.  THIS WILL INCREASE
THE THREAT OF SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH THE MID
EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...EVANS

333,1025 303,1020 303,1054 333,1063

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2004Tornado Watches in New Mexico, 2004Every tornado watch in 2004

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.