Tornado Watch In Effect For Entire Texas Panhandle, June 6th, 2014

It's like the crazy weather just comes out of nowhere here in the 806!  Did you get woke up by tornado sirens last night?  Well, today (June 6th, 2014), the National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a tornado watch for the ENTIRE Texas Panhandle!  We may be looking at a cut & paste of last night...

Keep in mind, this is a "watch", not a "warning".  A tornado watch means conditions are "favorable" for tornadoes.  A tornado warning means there are severe thunderstorms and tornadoes may be imminent...commonly issued after a tornado, funnel cloud or rotation in a storm is spotted.

NWS:
"THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 140 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON
NEW MEXICO TO 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF AMARILLO TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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."