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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
          NORTHWEST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CST.
   
   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 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANDLER
   OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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...CU FIELD CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER NORTHWEST TX AND
   SOUTHWEST OK...IN REGION OF RELATIVELY STRONG HEATING AND INCREASING
   MOISTURE.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THIS REGION IS NEAR CONVECTIVE
   INITIATION.  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SUPERCELLULAR WITH VERY
   LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.  THREAT FOR STRONG
   TORNADOES WILL INCREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS LOW LEVEL VERTICAL WIND
   PROFILES STRENGTHEN.
   
   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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
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