Sunday, April 29, 2012

WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 207

WWUS20 KWNS 300352
SEL7
SPC WW 300352
TXZ000-300800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 207
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

WEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM UNTIL
300 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PLAINVIEW TEXAS TO 85 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 204. WATCH NUMBER 204 WILL NOT
BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1050 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 203...WW 205...WW
206...

DISCUSSION...GIVEN RELATIVELY WEAK EML CAP ON MAF 00Z
RAOB...TSTMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...MAY PERSIST ANOTHER FEW HOURS
IN ZONE OF SLIGHTLY MOISTENING/STRENGTHENING SSELY LOW LVL FLOW OVER
THE SRN HI PLNS. MOST UPDRAFTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ATOP
COMPOSITE OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER STORMS AND MAY CONTINUE PRODUCE SVR
HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO BEFORE
DEGENERATING INTO A LOOSELY ORGANIZED MCS EARLY MON.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 30020.


...CORFIDI

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