PDS Tornado Watches In Effect for Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a PDS (PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION) Tornado Watch for parts of Oklahoma. PDS watches are rarely issued and quite uncommon; less than 3% of watches issued by the SPC from 1996 to 2005 were PDS watches. 

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).

The image above shows one area with 3 tornado vortex signatures from one cell.

Hope it's not like last time...

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