Tornado Watch 185

Issued

May 25, 2014, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 2014, 9:40 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

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

90%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 691May 25, 10:15 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 694May 25, 12:50 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 696May 25, 1:35 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 701May 25, 3:43 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 703May 25, 6:12 PM CDT

883 
WWUS20 KWNS 251858
SEL5  
SPC WW 251858
TXZ000-260300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 185
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST OF DRYDEN
TEXAS TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

&&

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/INCREASE ALONG STALLING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE BIG BEND ENE INTO THE WRN HILL COUNTRY...AND
OVER THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SW TX AND S OF THE TX BIG
BEND. DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOSTERED BY SFC HEATING....CONTINUED
INFLOW OF MOIST SELY LOW-LVL FLOW...AND POSSIBLY BY ASCENT
ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPR TROUGH. OTHER STORMS WITH A
POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF TORNADOES MAY ARISE IN MOIST/CONFLUENT LOW-LVL
FLOW OVER SRN PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...AND INVOF SMALL MCS/LEWP
STRUCTURE NOW OVER THE CONCHO VLY AS THAT SYSTEM CONTINUES GENERALLY
ENEWD.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...CORFIDI

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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.