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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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