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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 125
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   305 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN OKLAHOMA
          NORTHWEST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS
   TEXAS TO 130 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CLINTON OKLAHOMA.
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
   TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 124...
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY ALONG
   DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT FROM WRN OK INTO PARTS OF W AND NW TX DURING
   THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
   PRIMARY THREATS.
   
   AVIATION...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 25035.
   
   
   ...DIAL/HART