

296 

WWUS20 KWNS 200235

SEL2

SPC WW 200235

OKZ000-200700-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

940 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 940 PM

UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DURANT

OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TULSA OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 190...WW 191...



DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT

EASTERN OK.  STORMS HAVE BEGUN THE UPSCALE GROWTH INTO AN MCS...BUT

EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF TORNADOES FOR ANOTHER

COUPLE OF HOURS.  BEYOND THAT...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL APPEAR

TO BE THE MAIN THREATS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27035.





...HART

