000 WWUS20 KWNS 140901 SEL7 SPC WW 140905 OKZ000-TXZ000-141400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 367 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 405 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2003 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 405 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT. HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF DURANT OKLAHOMA. 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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 365. WATCH NUMBER 365 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 405 AM CDT. DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SEWD ALONG A NW-SE BOUNDARY FROM NW INTO S CENTRAL OK/N TX. LOW-LEVEL WAA ON A SWLY LOW-LEVEL JET IS SUPPORTING THE STORMS...AND IS BEING ENHANCED BY ASCENT OVER THE COLD POOL GENERATED BY THE CONVECTION. IN ADDITION...MORE STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS NW OK AND SPREAD SEWD IN ADVANCE OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVING OVER KS. CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG BASED JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INTENSE UPDRAFTS. MEANWHILE...LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITHIN THIS BAND... WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32030. ...THOMPSON 370,0981 330,0952 330,0972 370,1002 WWUS20 KWNS 140901 SEL7 SPC WW 140905 OKZ000-TXZ000-141400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 367 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 405 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2003 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 405 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT. HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF DURANT OKLAHOMA. 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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 365. WATCH NUMBER 365 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 405 AM CDT. DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SEWD ALONG A NW-SE BOUNDARY FROM NW INTO S CENTRAL OK/N TX. LOW-LEVEL WAA ON A SWLY LOW-LEVEL JET IS SUPPORTING THE STORMS...AND IS BEING ENHANCED BY ASCENT OVER THE COLD POOL GENERATED BY THE CONVECTION. IN ADDITION...MORE STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS NW OK AND SPREAD SEWD IN ADVANCE OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVING OVER KS. CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG BASED JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INTENSE UPDRAFTS. MEANWHILE...LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITHIN THIS BAND... WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32030. ...THOMPSON 370,0981 330,0952 330,0972 370,1002