Tornado Watch 288

Issued

Jun 12, 2014, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 972Jun 12, 2:19 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 976Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 978Jun 12, 9:46 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 122106
SEL8  
SPC WW 122106
TXZ000-130500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 288
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
405 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  WEST-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 405 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
  CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE 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.

&&

DISCUSSION...A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS EXISTS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF
WEST-CENTRAL/CENTRAL TX LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF A WEAK
SHORTWAVE TROUGH/SPEED MAX MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE REGION.
IN THE PRESENCE OF 40+ KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR...INITIAL SUPERCELL
DEVELOPMENT SEEMS PROBABLE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN VICINITY OF A PRIOR OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY. INTO THIS EVENING...STORMS MAY MERGE INTO A SOUTHEASTWARD
MOVING MCS ACROSS CENTRAL TX WITH SOME INCREASE IN DAMAGING WIND
POTENTIAL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025.


...GUYER

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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.