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Tornado Watch 192
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   220 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
       EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   SHERMAN TEXAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
   
   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 189...WW 190...WW 191...
   
   DISCUSSION...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE ALONG THE
   DRYLINE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BEFORE 30-40 KT DEEP LAYER MEAN
   WEST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SUPPORTS PROPAGATION AWAY FROM THE DRY LINE
   INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS.  LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS ARE
   EXPECTED TO STILL STRENGTHEN SOME LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
   EVENING...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE RED RIVER.  AS THIS OCCURS...AND
   ACTIVITY SPREADS INTO A LESS STRONGLY HEATED/HIGHER RELATIVELY
   HUMIDITY BOUNDARY LAYER AIR MASS EAST OF THE DRY LINE...A RISK FOR
   TORNADOES WILL EXIST...IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL
   AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
   
   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 25025.
   
   
   ...KERR
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