Tornado Watch 243

Issued

Jun 6, 2014, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

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 858Jun 6, 12:29 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 859Jun 6, 12:51 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 863Jun 6, 2:23 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 869Jun 6, 5:25 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 062048
SEL3  
SPC WW 062048
NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-070300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 243
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
345 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
  THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 140 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON
NEW MEXICO TO 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF AMARILLO TEXAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 239...WW 240...WW
241...WW 242...

DISCUSSION...STRONG/SVR STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NERN NM WHERE
 TO THE EAST...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS LIFTING NWD ACROSS THE TX
PANHANDLE AND FAR NERN NM...ENHANCING BACKED LOW LEVEL
WINDS/VERTICAL SHEAR PER 18Z AMA RAOB AND LATEST AMA VAD WIND
PROFILE.  HRRR AND NSSL-WRF INDICATE STORMS WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE OVER NERN NM AND SPREAD EWD ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AREA THIS
EVENING WITH SUPERCELL POTENTIAL CONTINUING WITH A THREAT FOR A
COUPLE OF TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL.  ACTIVITY MAY EVENTUALLY GROW
UPSCALE DURING THE EVENING AS IT MOVES EWD WITH INCREASING THREAT OF
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AFTER 00Z.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.


...WEISS

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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.