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  1. Tornado Watch 160

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    URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

    TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 160

    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

    130 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

    THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

    TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

    OKLAHOMA

    A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST TEXAS

    EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL 900

    PM CDT.

    TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 60 STATUTE

    MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF WICHITA FALLS

    TEXAS TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA. FOR A

    COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

    UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

    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.

    DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SWRN OK AS THE CAP

    HAS WEAKENED WITHIN A STRONGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MLCAPE OF

    2000-2500 J/KG. ALTHOUGH DYNAMIC FORCING FOR LARGE SCALE ASCENT IS

    SUBTLE...NUMERICAL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO

    DEVELOP TOWARD NRN OK THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL

    ALSO INCREASING ALONG THE NWRN EDGE OF MOISTURE AS IT RETREATS NWWD

    LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 40 KT IN THE

    LOWEST 6 KM WILL FAVOR FORMATION OF SUPERCELL STRUCTURES...WITH AN

    INITIAL THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. WITH

    TIME...LOW LEVEL WINDS/SHEAR WILL STRENGTHEN WITH A SUBSEQUENT

    INCREASE IN TORNADO POTENTIAL LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

    AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 23025.

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    MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0507

    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

    1210 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

    AREAS AFFECTED...NWRN TX THROUGH SWRN OK

    CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

    VALID 131710Z - 131915Z

    STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOON FROM NWRN TX INTO SWRN OK.

    INITIAL PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL DURING THE

    AFTERNOON WITH THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES INCREASING DURING THE

    EARLY EVENING. AREA IS BEING MONITORED FOR A WW.

    A PRE-FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM ERN KS SWWD THROUGH WRN OK AND

    NWRN TX. MOIST AXIS WITH MID-UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS ARE IN PLACE IN

    WARM SECTOR BENEATH 7-7.5 C/KM MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES PROMOTING AN

    AXIS OF 2000-2500 J/KG MLCAPE. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD DESTABILIZE

    FURTHER AS LOW CLOUDS MIX OUT AND THE BOUNDARY LAYER WARMS. VISIBLE

    IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW AN INCREASE IN CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT IN

    VICINITY OF THE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY OVER NWRN TX INTO SWRN OK AS

    WELL AS A LITTLE FARTHER EAST INTO S-CNTRL OK WITHIN ZONE OF WEAK

    WARM ADVECTION. MORNING RAOB DATA FROM FWD AND OKC INDICATED A

    MODEST INVERSION AROUND 750 MB...AND LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOW

    ONLY A WEAK CAP REMAINING. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THUNDERSTORMS MAY

    SOON DEVELOP IN THIS REGION. EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND 40 KT

    SUPPORTS SUPERCELLS. LOW LEVEL WINDS HAVE BEEN VEERING AND WEAKENING

    AS PRIMARY LLJ SHIFTS THROUGH THE MS VALLEY IN ASSOCIATION WITH

    SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTING NEWD THROUGH ERN SD. THIS MAY DELAY A MORE

    ROBUST TORNADO THREAT UNTIL EARLY EVENING WHEN THE LLJ WILL

    STRENGTHEN OVER THE SRN PLAINS.

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    MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0501

    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

    0502 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012

    AREAS AFFECTED...EASTERN CO/SOUTHWEST NEB/WESTERN KS

    CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 157...

    VALID 122202Z - 122330Z

    THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 157 CONTINUES.

    TORNADO WATCH 157 CONTINUES UNTIL 02Z...WITH CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR

    TORNADOES/LARGE HAIL THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. A SEVERE

    THREAT /MAINLY HAIL/ MAY DEVELOP NORTHWARD OUT OF WW 157...SUCH THAT

    A WATCH EXTENSION/NEW SEVERE TSTM WATCH COULD BE NEEDED.

    PRIMARY SHORT-TERM SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ACROSS THE

    NORTHEAST CO/SOUTHWEST NEB/NORTHWEST KS BORDER REGION THROUGH LATE

    AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS THAT FORCING FOR

    ASCENT/UPPER JET EXIT REGION IS INFLUENCING THIS REGION...AND THIS

    CORRIDOR IS LOCATED NEAR/JUST NORTH OF A SURFACE TRIPLE POINT WITH A

    SURFACE LOW ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL/NORTHEAST CO AND A SOUTHWARD

    EXTENDING DRYLINE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

    LARGE HAIL AND A TORNADO THREAT WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO EARLY

    EVENING WITHIN A HIGHLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT...WITH A LARGE HAIL

    THREAT ALSO POSSIBLE WITH INCREASINGLY ELEVATED STORMS SPREADING

    NORTH OF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST NEB.

    FARTHER SOUTH...RECENT SATELLITE TRENDS ARE INDICATIVE OF DEEPENING

    CU FIELD NEAR THE DRYLINE ALONG CO/KS BORDER...WHICH COULD LEAD TO

    AN UPSWING OF DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AT LEAST ON

    AN ISOLATED BASIS. GIVEN SUCH DEVELOPMENT...SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

    LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST AS

    WELL ESPECIALLY GIVEN NEAR/POST-SUNSET POTENTIAL FOR A NOCTURNAL LOW

    LEVEL JET INCREASE AND ABATED BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING.

  4. Great Video you shot there Danny! Although not included in my figures some of the guys did actually see the Rope out stage of a Tornado off to our Right when we core punched that Supercell but this is not the same FC/Tornado that is shown in the other Video you posted. The Rain Wrapped Tornado on our Storm was captured by Verne Carlson (Stormtrack Have Pictures). The other Video you posted was much further SW From our Core Punch near Midland, we punched the core South of Lamessa. :good:

    Oh right Ya there was a lot of storms that day

    Cheers Danny

  5. Have about 50 Miles to play with to our South so can drop down a bit, they are on a trajectory towards us atm.

    Paul S

    Temp is 86f Dewpoint is 75f here atm

    Wow dew points of 75F Which cells are going to produce a tornados

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