Tornado Watch 204

Issued

May 24, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

80%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

50%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

95%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 706May 24, 2:31 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 711May 24, 6:14 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 715May 24, 8:26 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 719May 24, 9:49 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 721May 24, 11:37 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 204
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  WESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
  WESTERN OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 320 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
  CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES
    POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY SOON ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER
THE TX PANHANDLE...AND ALONG A BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS WESTERN KS.
 THIS AREA IS LIKELY TO SEE SEVERAL SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE
OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES.  THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON
OKLAHOMA.  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 203...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...HART

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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.