WW 305 SEVERE TSTM KS OK TX 272055Z – 280500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 305
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF TEXAS PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 355 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75
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 35 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA
KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 303...WW 304...
DISCUSSION...CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ALONG DRYLINE WITH
POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN BAND OF STG-SVR TSTMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH
REMAINDER AFTERNOON/EVENING. FAVORABLE BUOYANCY IN PROSPECTIVE
INFLOW-LAYER AIR MASS AND 35-50 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR MAGNITUDE SUPPORT
RISK OF DAMAGING GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL LARGE HAIL.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 22025.
...EDWARDS
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0305.html
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