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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 206
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WW0206 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 206
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   925 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 925 PM
   UNTIL 400 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 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 55 MILES NORTH OF BORGER TEXAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 205...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
   INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS WW THROUGH THE LATE
   EVENING ALONG NOSE OF SLY LLJ.  AIRMASS IS MODERATELY
   UNSTABLE...ALTHOUGH LIFTED-PARCELS WILL LIKELY REMAIN SOMEWHAT
   ELEVATED...WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS.  ACTIVITY WILL
   LIKELY COALESCE INTO ONE OR TWO CLUSTERS/MCSS INTO THE EARLY MORNING
   HOURS.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED
   DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH STORMS ROOTED CLOSE TO THE SURFACE.
   
   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 24025.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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