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Tornado Watch 213
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WW0213 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 213
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   345 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          MUCH OF TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 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 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN
   CITY KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS 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 210...WW 211...WW 212...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
   ALONG N/S DRY LINE WRN PORTION OF WATCH.  WITH MLCAPES LOCALLY TO
   3000 J/KG ALONG WITH FAVORABLE VEERING PROFILES AND STEEP LAPSE
   RATES...VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY SUPERCELL ALONG WITH
   POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  STORMS WILL MOVE/DEVELOP ONLY SLOWLY EWD ACROSS
   THE 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 27015.
   
   
   ...HALES
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