Tornado Watch 124

Issued

Apr 29, 2016, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

60%

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

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 497Apr 29, 12:51 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 498Apr 29, 12:52 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 499Apr 29, 1:40 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 500Apr 29, 3:34 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 505Apr 29, 6:16 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 506Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 507Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 124
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
105 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY
  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

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN MULTIPLE BANDS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND N CENTRAL TX.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIALLY A FEW
TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS.  STORM
COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THE SEVERE WEATHER
RISK SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF DALLAS TEXAS
TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE 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.

&&

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
600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...THOMPSON

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2016Every tornado watch in 2016

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.