Tornado Watch 255

Issued

Jun 7, 2014, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

40%

Ten or more severe hail reports

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 882Jun 7, 3:27 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 884Jun 7, 5:51 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 888Jun 7, 9:50 PM CDT

096 
WWUS20 KWNS 072250
SEL5  
SPC WW 072250
TXZ000-080600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 255
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

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

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 545
  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
    TO 3.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
    MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
PLAINVIEW TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHILDRESS 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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 252...WW 253...WW 254...

DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO FORM INVOF STALLED
WNW-ESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS W CNTRL TX THROUGH THIS EVE...WITH
ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO REGION FROM ERN NM.
COMBINATION OF MODEST LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT WITH STEEP
MID-LVL LAPSE RATES...MOISTURE-RICH ESE SFC FLOW...AND 35 KT WSWLY
500 MB FLOW SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR A FEW LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS WITH
A POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND DMGG WIND.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29025.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2014Every tornado watch in 2014

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.