Tornado Watch 182

Issued

Apr 9, 2008, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)

Expired

Apr 10, 2008, 3:35 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 604Apr 9, 5:12 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 607Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 612Apr 9, 11:46 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 613Apr 10, 1:36 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 100043
SEL2  
SPC WW 100043
TXZ000-100700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 182
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
745 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

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

       WEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM
UNTIL 200 AM 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 95 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 105 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTH OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 178...WW 179...WW
180...WW 181...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG SURFACE
BOUNDARY FROM NEAR MAF-ABI.  FROM THERE SOUTHWARD...THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH
BEGINS TO AFFECT REGION.  CAPE AND VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN
QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES WELL AFTER DARK.

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 24035.


...HART

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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.