Skip Navigation Links weather.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
navigation bar left  
  navigation bar end cap


 
USA.gov is the U.S. Government's official Web portal to all Federal, state and local government Web resources and services.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 425
< Previous WW          Next WW >
  | | | | | |  
WW0425 Radar
Note:  The expiration time in the watch graphic is amended if the watch is replaced, cancelled or extended.
Note: Click for Watch Status Reports.
   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 425
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1120 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
          NORTHWEST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1120 PM
   UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST OF
   CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 423...WW 424...
   
   DISCUSSION...THE ONGOING MCS/S IN CENTRAL/WRN OK AND THE NE TX
   PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SWD ON CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW.  A
   SEPARATE STORM CLUSTER HAS PRODUCED ANOTHER BOUNDARY FROM THE TX
   SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE ERN TX PANHANDLE...WHICH COULD SERVE AS A
   FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STRONG/SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT AS STORMS MERGE
   WITH THIS BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTH.  STRONG INSTABILITY STILL EXISTS
   TO THE SOUTH OF THE ONGOING STORMS...WHICH SHOULD HELP MAINTAIN SOME
   INTENSE UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AT LEAST MARGINALLY SEVERE
   HAIL.  THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH
   MERGING/MATURING COLD POOLS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 35025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
Top of Page/Status Messages for this watch/All Current Watches/Forecast Products/Home
Weather Topics:
Watches, Mesoscale Discussions, Outlooks, Fire Weather, All Products, Contact Us
NOAA / National Weather Service
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Storm Prediction Center
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Norman, OK 73072 U.S.A.
spc.feedback@noaa.gov
Page last modified: January 01, 1970		 Disclaimer
Information Quality
Help
Glossary 		Privacy Policy
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
About Us
Career Opportunities