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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   225 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
          SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 225 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   ENID OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 23...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN SW-NE SQLN OVER WRN OK AND SE TX PANHANDLE
   EXPECTED TO PERSIST AND MOVE SLOWLY SEWD...WHILE STORMS WITHIN THE
   LINE MOVE MORE RAPIDLY NEWD ALONG IT.  FARTHER E...WDLY SCTD
   STORMS/SHOWERS ALSO MAY PERSIST ALONG SHALLOW WARM FRONTAL ZONE IN
   WRN/CNTRL OK.  
   DEEP WIND FIELD ACROSS REGION WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS...AND SELY NEAR-SFC FLOW COULD SUPPORT LOW LVL
   MESOSCYCLONES.  MODEST SFC-BASED BUOYANCY WILL...HOWEVER...LIKELY
   KEEP OVERALL TORNADO THREAT ISOLD.  BUT OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT
   LOW LVL MOISTURE INFLOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DESTABILIZE WW
   AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER WRN/SRN OK E AHEAD OF SQLN.  THIS WILL
   SUPPORT A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND/ISOLD TORNADOES
   WITH ANY SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS THAT DO FORM.
   LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT SHOULD SLIGHTLY INCREASE OVER WRN OK
   LATER THIS MORNING AS MID LVL SPEED MAX NOW OVER ERN NM CONTINUES
   NEWD...POSSIBLY BOOSTING STORM COVERAGE AND STRENGTH.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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