Tornado Watch 263

Issued

Jun 8, 2014, 1:55 PM MDT (19:55 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 8, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT

Expired

Jun 8, 2014, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Counties Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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

40%

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 901Jun 8, 1:37 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 908Jun 8, 4:25 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 911Jun 8, 6:24 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 082001
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SPC WW 082001
NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-090400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 263
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
200 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EASTERN NEW MEXICO
  WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
  WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM MDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANNON AFB NEW
MEXICO.  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 259...WW 260...WW
261...WW 262...

DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND
INTENSIFY OVER NERN AND EAST CENTRAL NM IN RESPONSE TO THE EWD
MOVING SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER WRN CO AND NWRN NM.  AMPLE MOISTURE
REMAINS OVER ERN NM WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S...AND STEEP
MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES IS ENHANCING INSTABILITY WITH SBCAPE TO 1500
J/KG.  CLOUDS HAVE DIMINISHED ESPECIALLY OVER NERN NM WHICH WILL
ALLOW FOR FURTHER DIABATIC HEATING/DESTABILIZATION WHERE STRONGEST
LARGE SCALE ASCENT IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.  LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS...WITH ACTIVITY POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING INTO
EWD/SEWD MOVING LINEAR SEGMENTS LATER THIS EVENING.

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 27025.


...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.