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Tornado Watch 423
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WW0423 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 423
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   315 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA
          MUCH OF TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY
   KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK 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 419...WW 420...WW
   421...WW 422...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY IN NUMBER AND
   INTENSITY ALONG DRY LINE FROM SWRN KS TO WRN TX PANHANDLE.  WITH
   MLCAPES AOA 2500 AND 40-50KT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR...SUPERCELLS ARE
   LIKELY.  IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE
   WITH ANY SUPERCELL AS THEY MOVE/PROPAGATE E/NE 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 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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