Watch Outline and Current Radar Hazard - Likelihood Tornadoes - High EF2+ Tornadoes - High Severe Wind - High 65 kt+ Wind - Moderate Severe Hail - High 2"+ Hail - High
Current Warnings
SEL9
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 109 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 230 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 230 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND SCATTERED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER EXPECTED WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY FORM IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS OVER WESTERN PART OF WATCH...INCLUDING A FEW STRONG SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND TORNADOES. THE STORMS SHOULD MERGE INTO BROKEN LINES AND CLUSTERS...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS CONTINUING TO POSE A RISK FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND.. AND A FEW TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE/DEVELOP EAST-NORTHEAST INTO TONIGHT.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 106...WW 107...WW 108...
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 23040.
NEW VIDEO: Extreme up-close footage of tornado just north of Wray, CO earlier today! Uploading 360 video from inside the outer circulation next. More to come!