URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 380
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
EXTREMELY DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH...LARGE HAIL
TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN
THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER
OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.
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 377...WW 378...WW 379...
DISCUSSION...STRONG BOW ECHO HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AND IS MOVING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 40-50 KT. WIND GUSTS TO 70 KT
HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE TOWARDS THE RED RIVER OF OK/TX NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 80
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 32045.
...MCCARTHY
