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Tornado Watch 226
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WW0226 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 226
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   155 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
   700 PM 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 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   DALLAS TEXAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WACO TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 225...
   
   DISCUSSION...LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING SHORT WAVE TROUGH
   APPEARS TO BE AIDING PRIMARILY POST-FRONTAL DEEP CONVECTION OVER
   PARTS OF NCNTRL TX ATTM. VERY MOIST AIR MASS TO THE EAST OF THIS
   FORCING AND SUBSEQUENT STORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE
   WITH LIFT AND HEATING OF THE DAY EXPECTED TO REMOVE REMAINING
   CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT AND FRONTAL WAVE
   OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS. WIND FIELDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO
   SUPPORT ORGANIZED/PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL. IF
   SURFACE-BASED QUASI-DISCRETE TO LINEAR MODE STORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE
   FRONT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS APPEARS POSSIBLE...DAMAGING WIND
   AND TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL EXIST WITH THESE STORMS AND ACTIVITY WILL
   SPREAD EAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
   
   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 27025.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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