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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 162
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 162
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1130 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTH CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1130
     PM UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH
   NORTHEAST OF CORSICANA TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   AUSTIN TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
   
   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 160...WW 161...
   
   DISCUSSION...LOOSELY-ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF SUSTAINED
   STORMS/SUPERCELLS IN THE DFW AREA...AND SW-NE SQLN WITH EMBEDDED
   SUPERCELLS FARTHER S /EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 35 NNE WACO TO ABOUT 50
   NE JUNCTION TX/...EXPECTED TO MOVE MAINLY ESE THROUGH EARLY THU
   GIVEN AREA INSTABILITY PATTERN/WIND PROFILES. SOME TENDENCY ALSO MAY
   EXIST FOR UPSTREAM/WWD DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SW END OF THE SQLN INTO
   THE SRN PART OF THE HILL COUNTRY. WHILE CIN WILL CONTINUE TO
   INCREASE WITH NOCTURNAL COOLING...UPR IMPULSE MOVING SEWD FROM W
   CNTRL TX WILL PROVIDE SOME DEGREE OF LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR
   ASCENT...AND 40 KT SSWLY LLJ WILL MAINTAIN RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE
   INFLOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNDRAFTS ENHANCED BY PRECIP-LOADING.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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