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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 141
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Low

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 141
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1240 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST THROUGH WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1240 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 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 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   MINERAL WELLS TEXAS TO 15 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140. WATCH NUMBER 140 WILL NOT
   BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1240 AM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH THROUGH THE
   OVERNIGHT FROM THE BIG BEND REGION NNE ACROSS THE WRN HILL COUNTRY
   INTO WRN N TX AS LEAD WAVE OF HEIGHT FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH NM UPR
   LOW OVERSPREAD NWRN EDGE OF QUALITY MOISTURE RETURN.  STORMS LIKELY
   WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED...ESPECIALLY WITH NWD EXTENT...BUT
   SUFFICIENT MUCAPE LIKELY WILL EXIST FOR SVR HAIL GIVEN PRESENCE OF
   SUFFICIENT CLOUD LAYER SHEAR FOR EMBEDDED SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE
   SUPERCELLS.  SOME THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST FOR BOWING
   SEGMENTS...ALTHOUGH POTENTIAL FOR ANY ASSOCIATED SVR WIND THREAT AT
   THE SFC WILL BE MITIGATED BY LOW LVL STABLE LAYER.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 21040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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