Tornado Watch 192

Issued

May 20, 2013, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)

Expired

May 20, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

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 726May 20, 12:26 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 727May 20, 1:19 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 734May 20, 6:33 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 738May 20, 8:45 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 201924
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SPC WW 201924
TXZ000-210300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
SHERMAN TEXAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 189...WW 190...WW 191...

DISCUSSION...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE ALONG THE
DRYLINE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BEFORE 30-40 KT DEEP LAYER MEAN
WEST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SUPPORTS PROPAGATION AWAY FROM THE DRY LINE
INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS.  LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS ARE
EXPECTED TO STILL STRENGTHEN SOME LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE RED RIVER.  AS THIS OCCURS...AND
ACTIVITY SPREADS INTO A LESS STRONGLY HEATED/HIGHER RELATIVELY
HUMIDITY BOUNDARY LAYER AIR MASS EAST OF THE DRY LINE...A RISK FOR
TORNADOES WILL EXIST...IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL
AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

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 25025.


...KERR

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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.