

752 

WWUS20 KWNS 191830

SEL9

SPC WW 191830

OKZ000-TXZ000-200200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

135 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

THE AFTERNOON IN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT ACROSS NW TX AND SW/S CENTRAL

OK.  ALONG A IMMEDIATELY S OF A SURFACE FRONT...ROTATING STORMS WILL

BE POSSIBLE WITH THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES...AS WELL AS ISOLATED

LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTUS

OKLAHOMA TO 80 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...THOMPSON



665 

WWUS20 KWNS 191830

SEL9

SPC WW 191830

OKZ000-TXZ000-200200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

135 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

THE AFTERNOON IN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT ACROSS NW TX AND SW/S CENTRAL

OK.  ALONG A IMMEDIATELY S OF A SURFACE FRONT...ROTATING STORMS WILL

BE POSSIBLE WITH THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES...AS WELL AS ISOLATED

LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTUS

OKLAHOMA TO 80 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...THOMPSON

