Tornado Watch 260

Issued

May 12, 2005, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)

Expired

May 12, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 841May 12, 2:22 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 844May 12, 4:08 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 846May 12, 6:07 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 848May 12, 7:56 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 121952
SEL0  
SPC WW 121952
OKZ000-TXZ000-130200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

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

       FAR SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
       WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO
55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 257...WW 258...WW 259...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE SUPERCELL ALREADY SURFACE-BASED NEAR PVW LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...WITHIN ENVIRONMENT INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR
FURTHER SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. SUPERCELLS WITH THREATS OF VERY
LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR OUTFLOW
FROM CURRENT STORM AND NEAR SURFACE FRONT EXTENDING WSWWD OUT OF WRN
OK.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24020.


...EVANS

342,1025 353,0992 335,0992 325,1025

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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.