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Tornado Watch 273
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 273
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   135 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
          NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   MINERAL WELLS TEXAS TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DURANT
   OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
   NORTHERN EDGE OF SURGING SURFACE DRYLINE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TX...AND
   IN REGION STRONG DEEP LAYER FORCING OVER SOUTHERN OK.  STORMS ARE
   LIKELY TO BECOME SUPERCELLULAR WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND
   DAMAGING WINDS.  LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR WILL ALSO BE SUFFICIENT
   FOR A RISK OF TORNADOES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS STORMS MOVE EASTWARD
   INTO DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
   
   
   ...HART
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