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Tornado Watch 182
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 182
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   745 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 105 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTH OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND 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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 178...WW 179...WW
   180...WW 181...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG SURFACE
   BOUNDARY FROM NEAR MAF-ABI.  FROM THERE SOUTHWARD...THUNDERSTORM
   DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH
   BEGINS TO AFFECT REGION.  CAPE AND VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN
   QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE
   HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES WELL AFTER DARK.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
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