TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED IN OKLAHOMA SOON

[WXBUFFJIM]

MASS FIELDS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR STORM INITIATION
ALONG THE DRYLINE. A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS TCU BUILDING ALONG DRYLINE IN THE ERN
TX PANHANDLE INTO WRN OK. CONVERGENCE HAS NOT BEEN VERY FOCUSED
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS DUE TO LEAD SHORTWAVE...BUT AREA PROFILERS
IN NM AND W TX INDICATE EFFECTS OF SUBTLE VORTICITY MAXIMA ARE BEING
FELT WITH WINDS AT MID LEVELS BEGINNING TO BACK A BIT.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO UNIFORM VEERING OF WINDS BEHIND TCU LINE AT THE
MOMENT...INDICATING SLIGHT DISORGANIZATION OF DRYLINE FORCING
MECHANISM...GIVEN EXTREME INSTABILITY IN PLACE...SEVERE STORM
DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY BE VERY QUICK ONCE DEEP CONVERGENCE BECOMES
SUFFICIENT. SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND
TORNADOES WILL BE LIKELY.

COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE / DEWPOINT SPREADS 25-30 F AND STRONG SLY
SURFACE FLOW ALONG THE TX/ WRN OK BORDER MAY HOLD MOST SIGNIFICANT
TORNADO THREAT AT BAY INITIALLY...UNTIL STORMS GET INTO DEEPER MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER INTO WRN OK LATE AFTERNOON / EARLY EVENING.

..JEWELL.. 05/29/2004

[simplykristi]

Tornado Watch in effect until 10:00 PM CDT for the western half of Oklahoma. It was just issued three minutes ago.

Kristi

[USAwx1]

Already out, heres the prelim....


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WWUS30 KWNS 291953
SAW2
SPC AWW 291955
WW 322 TORNADO KS OK TX 291955Z - 300300Z
AXIS..100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
45NNE HUT/HUTCHINSON KS/ - 50WSW SPS/WICHITA FALLS TX/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 85NM E/W /16SSE SLN - 40WSW SPS/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..4 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.

[USAwx1]

public WW....

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WWUS20 KWNS 291957
SEL2
SPC WW 291955
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-300300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 322
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

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

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHWEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS
TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 321...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY STRONG
TORNADOES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ALONG DRY LINE
IN WRN PART OF WATCH AS SURFACE HEATING CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE
REGION OF MODERATE TO STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR. SEVERAL IMPULSES
APPARENT IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND PROFILER/VWP DATA SUGGEST THAT
FORCING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BREACH CAP WHERE CONVERGENCE IS
MAXIMIZED INVOF DRY LINE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.


...CORFIDI

;383,0954 334,0973 334,1010 383,0992;

[Aquawind]

Ohh..you can see it's ready to pop any minute.. CU are popping N-S

Wow some hefty cells in Colorado..

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satelli ... &itype=vis

[Brent]

Ohh..you can see it's ready to pop any minute.. CU are popping N-S

Wow some hefty cells in Colorado..

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satelli ... &itype=vis

[shaner]

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/loop/DS. ... kvnx.shtml