SEVERE STORM WATCH til 1AM CDT TX & OK 70mph winds at 2.5 Hail radars at livewxradar URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 45 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 625 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHWEST TEXAS * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. && DISCUSSION...A FEW SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE OVER WW AREA...WHERE MODEST LOW-LVL CONVERGENCE ALONG NW-ADVANCING DRY LINE AND DEVELOPING WARM FRONT WILL PERSIST BENEATH FAVORABLE DEEP WIND PROFILES. WHILE LARGE-SCALE ASCENT SHOULD REMAIN WEAK AND THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL COOL WITH ONSET OF DIURNAL COOLING...SETUP MAY NEVERTHELESS SUPPORT A FEW STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND/OR A TORNADO...ESPECIALLY NEAR WARM FRONT. AVIATION...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 26030. ...CORFIDI
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:16:20 +0000
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