WW 206 SEVERE TSTM TX 300155Z – 300600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 206
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
855 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM UNTIL
100 AM CDT.
HAIL TO 2.5 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 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
AMARILLO TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BORGER TEXAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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...CONTINUE...WW 203...WW 204...WW 205...
DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER WW AREA THROUGH LATE
EVE AS /1/ ADDITIONAL STORMS FORM ALONG TRAILING SW EDGE OF SW KS/OK
PANHANDLE MCS AND /2/ ISOLD SUPERCELLS MOVE NWD FROM THE LBB AREA
AND/OR FORM OVER THE GRADUALLY MOISTENING SRN PANHANDLE. SETUP ALSO
COULD YIELD A TORNADO...BUT MAIN RISK SHOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND...TO
A LESSER EXTENT...LOCALLY DMGG WIND.
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 26025.
...CORFIDI
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0206.html
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