URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 540
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
810 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
WESTERN AND NORTHWEST TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 810 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES...HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WIND EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING OVER WESTERN
KANSAS...THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WEST TEXAS. OTHER STORMS
EXPECTED TO FORM WEST OF THIS ACTIVITY AND MERGE INTO AN EXTENSIVE
LINE A BIT LATER TONIGHT. ALL OF THE STORMS SHOULD THEN ACCELERATE
EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF OKLAHOMA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...WITH A
CONTINUED RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL
KANSAS TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF CHILDRESS TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 537. WATCH NUMBER 537 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
810 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 538...WW 539...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22050.
...CORFIDI
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