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Tornado Watch 443
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 443
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   330 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM 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 75 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF AMARILLO
   TEXAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 441...WW 442...
   
   DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
   ALONG AND E OF DRY LINE ON W EDGE OF WATCH.  WITH EXTREMELY UNSTABLE
   AIR AND 30-40 KT OF MID LEVEL FLOW...NOT ONLY VERY LARGE HAIL IS
   LIKELY WITH ANY SUPERCELL BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL.  STORMS
   WILL CONTINUE WELL AFTER SUNSET.
   
   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 600.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
   
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