05/31/2013 04:30 PM EDT
05/31/2013 04:30 PM EDT
WW 262 TORNADO OK 312030Z - 010500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 262
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 330 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY NUMEROUS VERY
LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH SEVERAL
SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND
65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20
MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO
30 MILES EAST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2)
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...
CONTINUE...WW 260...WW 261...
DISCUSSION...
AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL/EASTERN OK THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE
DRYLINE OVER WEST-CENTRAL OK...AND ALONG A WEAK
BOUNDARY EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST OK.
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME AN INCREASING THREAT
THROUGH THE EVENING.
AVIATION...
TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND
SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
26025. ...HARTRead more
05/31/2013 03:37 PM EDT
05/31/2013 03:16 PM EDT
05/31/2013 12:47 PM EDT
Public Severe Weather Outlook
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1146 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OZARK PLATEAU LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS
FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TO VIOLENT
TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND INTENSE DAMAGING
WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OZARK
PLATEAU LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ELSEWHERE...
SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER/MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE MIDWEST...
SCATTERED STORMS WILL FORM ALONG A DRYLINE OVER PARTS OF
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. THESE STORMS WILL
BECOME RAPIDLY SEVERE AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
FEW STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES...
SCATTERED VERY LARGE HAIL ABOVE BASEBALL SIZE AND
ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. DURING THE
EVENING...
NUMEROUS STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP TO THE NORTHEAST
ALONG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OZARK PLATEAU AND CONGEAL
INTO FAST-MOVING LINES WITH A RISK FOR POTENTIALLY
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WITH ISOLATED GUSTS ABOVE
HURRICANE-FORCE...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND A COUPLE OF STRONG
TORNADOES. STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE
MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. THOSE IN THE
THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...
WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.Read more
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