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Tornado Watch 381
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 381
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1135 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1135 PM
   UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW
   TEXAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 378...WW 379...WW 380...
   
   DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS/SUPERCELL COMPLEXES EXPECTED TO SPREAD NNE
   INTO THE TX S PLAINS...WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES TO MOISTEN. 
   SMALL TEMPERATURE/DEW POINT SPREADS AND MODERATE DEGREE OF LOW LEVEL
   VEERING SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO OR TWO...IN ADDITION TO VERY
   STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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