Skip Navigation Links www.nws.noaa.gov 
NOAA logo-Select to go to the NOAA homepage
NOAA's National Weather Service
  Select to go to the NWS homepage
Storm Prediction Center
 
   


Search SPC

We redesigned the SPC homepage.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 124
Initial RADAR image for Watch 124
List of Counties in Watch 124 (WOU)
Related md0492 for watch 124
Related md0494 for watch 124
Note: The WATCH PROBABILITY TABLES are non-operational.
< Previous WW          Next WW >
   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 124...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   230 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
   
   CORRECTED FOR CDT
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
            ARKANSAS
            KANSAS
            MISSOURI
            OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 900
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 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 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   CHANUTE KANSAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA. 
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 123...
   
   DISCUSSION...CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND
   INTENSITY ACROSS WW THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF DRY LINE AND STRONG
   UPPER SYSTEM.  AIR MASS IS ALREADY MODERATELY UNSTABLE INTO NERN
   OK/SERN KS...WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED LINES AND
   SUPERCELLS.  EXPECT PRIMARY THREATS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
   AS STORMS SPREAD ENEWD THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 23035.
   
   
   ...RACY/EVANS
   
   
Top of Page/Status Messages for this watch/All Current Watches/Forecast Products/Home