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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 318
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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 318
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   340 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 340 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 110
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   NEW BRAUNFELS TEXAS TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TEMPLE TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 315...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
   NUMBER 316. WATCH NUMBER 315 316 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 340
   AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 317...
   
   DISCUSSION...SMALL CLUSTERS OF TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW EMBEDDED
   SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED STORMS...EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN AREA OF LOW LVL
   WAA/MOISTURE INFLOW.  GRADUALLY INCREASING LARGE SCALE ASCENT/UPR
   DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF NM UPR LOW AND RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE SUGGEST
   POSSIBILITY FOR WET MICROBURSTS...HAIL AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO
   AS THE STORMS MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY ENE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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