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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 48
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WW0048 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 48...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   820 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013
   
   CORRECTED FOR TIME ZONE
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 820 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM CST.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GAGE
   OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...BANDS OF TSTMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND
   STEADILY SPREAD EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE/TX SOUTH
   PLAINS AND INTO WESTERN OK THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
   HOURS. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TIED TO INCREASING FORCING
   ASCENT/VERTICAL SHEAR UNDER THE INITIAL INFLUENCE OF A SOUTHWEST
   STATES UPPER TROUGH. WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE STRONG...THE
   THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN MARGINAL WITH MLCAPE OF ONLY A
   FEW HUNDRED J/KG. EVEN SO...AT LEAST A MARGINAL THREAT FOR SEVERE
   HAIL/WIND GUSTS WILL EXIST.
   
   AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24050.
   
   
   ...GUYER
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