Severe Thunderstorm Watch 2

Issued

Jan 12, 2005, 3:05 PM CST (21:05 UTC)

Expired

Jan 12, 2005, 10:00 PM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Norman radar (KTLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 67Jan 12, 2:40 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 68Jan 12, 3:03 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 70Jan 12, 4:52 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 71Jan 12, 5:38 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 72Jan 12, 6:02 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 75Jan 12, 7:52 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 122104
SEL2  
SPC WW 122105
OKZ000-TXZ000-130400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 2
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
305 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
       NORTHERN TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARTLESVILLE
OKLAHOMA TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

DISCUSSION...STRONG LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE/INTENSITY ACROSS WW THIS EVENING AS IT SPREADS
EWD AWAY FROM THE HIGH PLAINS. A VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER...STEEP
LAPSE RATES AND ENHANCED SHEAR SUGGEST STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO
LINES/SUPERCELLS WITH INCREASING RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. EVOLUTION INTO AN EWD MOVING SQUALL LINE MAY OCCUR BY THE
MID EVENING.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...EVANS

365,0940 330,0954 330,0990 365,0973

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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.