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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 403
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1145 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM
   UNTIL 500 AM 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 55 STATUTE MILES
   EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO
   55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE TEXAS.
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...BOW ECHO COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARD
   TOWARD THE ABI AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  STRONG SOUTHERLY
   LOW LEVEL INFLOW WINDS INTO THE SYSTEM...COMBINED WITH AXIS OF
   MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   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 30025.
   
   
   ...HART