URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 423
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
315 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA
MUCH OF TEXAS PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY
KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY IN NUMBER AND
INTENSITY ALONG DRY LINE FROM SWRN KS TO WRN TX PANHANDLE. WITH
MLCAPES AOA 2500 AND 40-50KT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR...SUPERCELLS ARE
LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH ANY SUPERCELL AS THEY MOVE/PROPAGATE E/NE ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...HALES
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate
