Tornado Watch 361

Issued

Jun 7, 2007, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1041Jun 7, 3:27 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1047Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1050Jun 7, 9:40 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1052Jun 7, 11:12 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 072057
SEL1  
SPC WW 072057
OKZ000-TXZ000-080500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 361
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
400 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

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

       MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
       PARTS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 400 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BARTLESVILLE
OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 357...WW 358...WW
359...WW 360...

DISCUSSION...WITH VERY UNSTABLE AND A WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS IN
PLACE ALONG AND E OF DRY LINE ACROSS CENTRAL OK...CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE VICINITY DRY LINE NEXT FEW HOURS AND
DEVELOP EWD.  VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY
SUPERCELL THAT CAN FORM.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.


...HALES

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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.