SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 834
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1240 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA
EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL
900 PM 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 50
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
CHILDRESS TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF WRN OK/WRN N
TX INVOF SURFACE TROUGH/AHEAD OF UPPER LOW...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO
INCREASE AS BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZES THIS AFTERNOON. DEEP-LAYER
SHEAR SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS EXISTS ACROSS THIS REGION...ALONG
WITH AN ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL.
AS BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZES WITH TIME...STORMS WILL EVENTUALLY
BECOME SURFACE BASED...ALLOWING ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS
TO INCREASE AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING.
