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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 50
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WW0050 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL0
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 50
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   745 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM
   UNTIL 200 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 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF JUNCTION TEXAS TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE TEXAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 49...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER CENTRAL TX IS
   EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EWD/SEWD TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING
   DRYLINE...WITH MORE DISCRETE STORMS CONTINUING TO FORM ALONG THE
   SWRN END OF THE LINE.  UPPER DIVERGENCE IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A
   STRONG WESTERLY UPPER LEVEL JET PROGRESSING EWD ACROSS SRN TX WILL
   ENHANCE LARGE SCALE ASCENT ALONG THE COMPOSITE SEWD MOVING LOW LEVEL
   BOUNDARY...WHILE MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION
   WILL INCREASE AS THE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS TONIGHT. 
   STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS
   CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND OCCASIONAL DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY
   WITH ANY SUPERCELLS AND BOW ECHOES THAT FORM TONIGHT.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25030.
   
   
   ...WEISS
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