Tornado Watch 264

Issued

Jun 8, 2014, 4:09 PM MDT (22:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 902Jun 8, 1:43 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 909Jun 8, 5:34 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 911Jun 8, 6:24 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 913Jun 8, 8:56 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 082212
SEL4  
SPC WW 082212
NMZ000-TXZ000-090600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 264
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
510 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 510 PM
  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND 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 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
ROSWELL NEW MEXICO TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TEXAS. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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...WW 263...

DISCUSSION...ISOLD SVR TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED OVER SE NM AND SW
TX THIS EVE/TNGT...WHERE LIGHT BUT MOIST SSELY LOW-LVL FLOW WILL
PREVAIL BENEATH STRENGTHENING WNWLY MID-LVL FLOW ROUNDING BASE OF
PROGRESSIVE CNTRL RCKYS SHORTWAVE TROUGH. COUPLED WITH STEEP MID-LVL
LAPSE RATES...SETUP COULD YIELD A FEW INSTANCES OF VERY LARGE HAIL
AND A COUPLE TORNADOES.

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 31020.


...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.