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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 365
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WW0365 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 365
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   215 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
          NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 363...WW 364...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS ARE ONGOING FROM CENTRAL
   OK SWWD INTO NW TX...WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED EWD ACROSS
   N TX/SRN OK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.  THE CONVECTION WILL BE
   SUPPORTED BY A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT IS EJECTING NEWD OVER
   THE TX PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS SURFACE HEATING OF A MOIST AND
   STRONGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT TO THE S OF THE THICKER CLOUD COVER. 
   MLCAPE NEAR 3000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF 35-45 KT WILL
   SUPPORT ORGANIZED CLUSTERS AND EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF
   PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...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 26030.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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