Tornado Watch 142

Issued

May 8, 2015, 8:31 AM MDT (14:31 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2015, 4:00 PM MDT

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

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

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 542May 8, 7:57 AM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 547May 8, 1:48 PM MDT

540 
WWUS20 KWNS 081429
SEL2  
SPC WW 081429
NMZ000-TXZ000-082200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
930 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 930 AM UNTIL
  500 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 3.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY
DAMAGING WIND AND...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW
TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED IN WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THE
STORMS SHOULD MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NORTHEAST WITH TIME...POSSIBLY
ORGANIZING INTO ONE OR MORE SLOWLY-MOVING CLUSTERS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO
TEXAS TO 45 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRING TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

&&

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 24025.


...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.