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Tornado Watch 357
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 357
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1240 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          MUCH OF TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL
   600 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 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMARILLO TEXAS.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIR STREAMING NWD THRU TX/OK PANHANDLES
   INTO SWRN KS.  WITH STRONG HEATING AND 30-40KT OF DEEP LAYER
   SHEAR...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY ALONG
   DRY LN WRN PORTION OF WATCH. SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY INCLUDING VERY
   LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES AS STORMS DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS
   WATCH AREA.
   
   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 24025.
   
   
   ...HALES
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