Tornado Watch 85

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 85
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
605 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 605 PM UNTIL
200 AM CST.
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 35 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL
WELLS TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CHANDLER OKLAHOMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 83
...
WW 84
...
DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND SMALL
BOWING SEGMENTS...WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THIS REGION
OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD
FRONT. FRONT WILL MOVE PROGRESSIVELY ESEWD ACROSS WW THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND DIMINISH SEVERE THREAT AS IT PASSES. AHEAD OF IT
HOWEVER...VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND MOISTENING BOUNDARY LAYER
WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. VERY STEEP MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES AND MID LEVEL ROTATION WITH STRONGER CORES WILL ALSO
ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.
...EVANS