Tornado Watch 211

Issued

May 25, 2015, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

90%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

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

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 761May 25, 10:13 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 763May 25, 12:22 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 764May 25, 1:54 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 765May 25, 2:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 767May 25, 2:35 PM CDT

900 
WWUS20 KWNS 251551
SEL1  
SPC WW 251551
OKZ000-TXZ000-252300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 211
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  WEST-CENTRAL INTO NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1050 AM UNTIL
  600 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...A LARGE BOW ECHO THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL RACE NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD...DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS...A FEW TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL.  OTHER STORMS...INCLUDING
SUPERCELLS...MAY FORM AHEAD OF THE BOW WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL
AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
TEMPLE TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 209...WW 210...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...MEAD

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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.