Tornado Watch 460

Issued

Jun 11, 2005, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 2005, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1295Jun 11, 12:43 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1302Jun 11, 5:52 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1303Jun 11, 7:27 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 112002
SEL0  
SPC WW 112002
NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-120200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 460
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
200 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2005

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

       EASTERN NEW MEXICO
       OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
       WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
800 PM MDT.

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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO
TO 80 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO.  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 458...WW 459...

DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF NM AND POSSIBLY FARTHER E ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES AND SPREAD EWD
DURING THE EVENING. VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ACTIVITY MAY
EVOLVE INTO AN MCS LATER THIS 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
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.


...DIAL/MCCARTHY

365,1013 325,1014 325,1044 365,1044

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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.