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Tornado Watch 394
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 394
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   350 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WICHITA
   FALLS TEXAS TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS. FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 390...WW 391...WW 392...WW
   393...
   
   DISCUSSION...WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY AND WEAK CAP...AT LEAST
   ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND E OF DRY LINE.  SHEAR AND
   INSTABILITY SUPPORT NOT ONLY VERY LARGE HAIL BUT TORNADOS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 650.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27015.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
   
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