Tornado Watch 248

Issued

Jun 6, 2014, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

75 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

60%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

40%

Ten or more severe wind reports

95%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

50%

Ten or more severe hail reports

95%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

60%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 863Jun 6, 3:23 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 869Jun 6, 6:25 PM CDT

490 
WWUS20 KWNS 070004
SEL8  
SPC WW 070004
OKZ000-TXZ000-070600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 248
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
700 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
  THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 700 PM
  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT
    GUSTS TO 85 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF GUYMON
OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW TEXAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 246. WATCH NUMBER 246 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
700 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 240...WW 241...WW 242...WW 243...WW
244...WW 245...WW 247...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE TSTM CLUSTERS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
TX/OK PANHANDLES AND NRN PORTIONS OF THE TX SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH
LATE TNGT AS SLY LLJ FURTHER STRENGTHENS DOWNSTREAM FROM UPR IMPULSE
APPROACHING FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. STEEP LOW TO LID-LVL LAPSE
RATES...INCREASINGLY RICH MOISTURE AVAILABILITY WITH EWD
EXTENT...CONFIGURATION OF EXISTING STORMS IN ERN NM/THE NRN TX
PANHANDLE...AND 40+ KT 500 MB WSWLY FLOW SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR
UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT INTO AN EWD-MOVING DERECHO-PRODUCING MCS. IN THE
MEAN TIME...DISCRETE AND SEMI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
VERY LARGE HAIL...DMGG WIND...AND A FEW TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...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.