Tornado Watch 464

Issued

Jun 12, 2005, 12:20 PM CDT (17:20 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1306Jun 12, 9:03 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1307Jun 12, 10:08 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1308Jun 12, 11:35 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1314Jun 12, 3:29 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1316Jun 12, 5:41 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1320Jun 12, 8:16 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 464
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1220 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

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

       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
       NORTHERN AND WESTERN TEXAS AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1220 PM UNTIL
1000 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 85 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT
SILL OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF PLAINVIEW TEXAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WRN
PART OF WW AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HRS AS SURFACE HEATING AND
APPROACH OF ERN NM UPR IMPULSE FURTHER DESTABILIZE REGION.  OTHER
STORMS MAY INTENSIFY/DEVELOP SWD FROM REGION OF ELEVATED CONVECTION
EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMA TO NEAR END.  COUPLED WITH STRENGTHENING
SHEAR AND PRESENCE OF RICH BNDRY LYR MOISTURE...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST
FOR TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND.

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 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23025.


...CORFIDI

335,0980 323,1014 350,1014 362,0980

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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.