Tornado Watch 924

Issued

Nov 5, 2008, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)

Expired

Nov 6, 2008, 12:00 AM CST

In force

10 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

60%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 2348Nov 5, 12:37 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2351Nov 5, 5:29 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2353Nov 5, 9:09 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2354Nov 5, 11:33 PM CST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 924
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008

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

       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS
       MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS.  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 EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND E OF DRY
LINE ACROSS WRN OK INTO SRN KS AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES
FROM THE W.  WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR AND MLCAPES TO 1000
J/KG...SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY.  TORNADO THREAT WILL INCREASE TOWARD
00Z AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR IMPROVES WITH DEEPENING OF SURFACE WAVE AHEAD
OF THE APPROACHING S/WV TROUGH AND STRONG JET MAX.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


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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.