353 WWUS9 KMKC 032310 SEL0 MKC WW 032303 NMZ000-TXZ000-040500- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 190 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 603 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PAHANDLE EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. 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 ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 65 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW TEXAS. 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 188. WATCH NUMBER 188 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 615 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 189... DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INVOF BOUNDARY STALLED ENE/WSW FROM W OF LBB TO N OF CDS. BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS ADVECTED CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE WWD INTO THE SRN HI PLNS...WHERE DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS INCREASING BENEATH SUB TROPICAL JET. THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS...AND WILL ALSO EXIST FOR TORNADOES GIVEN LIKELIHOOD FOR PERSISTENT STORM AND/OR BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24015. ...CORFIDI ;343,1031 344,1004 325,1004 324,1031;  353 WWUS9 KMKC 032310 SEL0 MKC WW 032303 NMZ000-TXZ000-040500- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 190 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 603 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PAHANDLE EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. 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 ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 65 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW TEXAS. 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 188. WATCH NUMBER 188 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 615 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 189... DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INVOF BOUNDARY STALLED ENE/WSW FROM W OF LBB TO N OF CDS. BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS ADVECTED CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE WWD INTO THE SRN HI PLNS...WHERE DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS INCREASING BENEATH SUB TROPICAL JET. THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS...AND WILL ALSO EXIST FOR TORNADOES GIVEN LIKELIHOOD FOR PERSISTENT STORM AND/OR BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24015. ...CORFIDI ;343,1031 344,1004 325,1004 324,1031;