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

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 206
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   855 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM UNTIL
   100 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 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
   AMARILLO TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST 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 203...WW 204...WW 205...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER WW AREA THROUGH LATE
   EVE AS /1/ ADDITIONAL STORMS FORM ALONG TRAILING SW EDGE OF SW KS/OK
   PANHANDLE MCS AND /2/ ISOLD SUPERCELLS MOVE NWD FROM THE LBB AREA
   AND/OR FORM OVER THE GRADUALLY MOISTENING SRN PANHANDLE.  SETUP ALSO
   COULD YIELD A TORNADO...BUT MAIN RISK SHOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND...TO
   A LESSER EXTENT...LOCALLY DMGG WIND.
   
   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 26025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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