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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 170
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 170
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   730 PM CDT MON APR 7 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM UNTIL
   300 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 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 45
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF
   CLINTON OKLAHOMA TO 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TULSA OKLAHOMA. 
   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 169...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...WILL
   CONTINUE INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS NRN AND NERN OK TONIGHT. 
   THIS WILL OCCUR AS SSWLY LLJ INTENSIFIES AND FUELS STRONG LOW LEVEL
   WAA ALONG AND NORTH OF SURFACE FRONT NOW EXTENDING FROM NERN INTO
   W-CENTRAL OK.  STRONG SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL COMPENSATE
   FOR MODEST MUCAPE AND SUPPORT STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...SOME OF
   WHICH COULD BE QUITE LARGE...AS ACTIVITY EVOLVES INTO A LARGER
   CLUSTER/MCS AFTER DARK.  ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A BRIEF
   TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS NEAR THE SURFACE FRONT
   INTO THE MID/LATE EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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