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Tornado Watch 319
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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 319
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   750 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 750 AM UNTIL
   300 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE TEXAS.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 318...
   
   DISCUSSION...LOOSELY-ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IN E CNTRL TX
   APPEARS TO HAVE AN EMBEDDED MCV.  STORMS ARE BEING FED BY VERY MOIST
   SELY LOW-LVL FLOW.  COUPLED WITH MODEST SFC HEATING...SMALL
   TEMPERATURE-DEW POINT SPREADS...AND 40-50 KT WSWLY MID-LVL
   FLOW...SETUP COULD SUPPORT EMBEDDED SUPERCELL CIRCULATIONS POSING A
   THREAT FOR TORNADOES AND SMALL BOWS WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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