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Tornado Watch 400
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 400
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1115 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1115 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 50 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MINERAL
   WELLS TEXAS TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 394. WATCH NUMBER 394 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   1115 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 396...WW 397...WW 399...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ENEWD ACROSS NCNTRL
   TX INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR
   SUPERCELLS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
   WINDS. LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND ABUNDANT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL
   ALSO BE CONDUCIVE FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.
   
   
   ...RACY/CORFIDI
   
   
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