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Tornado Watch 323
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 323
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   750 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALLAS
   TEXAS TO 35 MILES EAST OF NEW BRAUNFELS TEXAS.  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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 321...WW 322...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERAL LARGE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRACKING
   EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL TX...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA
   THIS EVENING.  STRONG DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR AND AMPLE
   MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL PROMOTE A CONTINUED THREAT OF VERY LARGE
   HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  DESPITE RATHER WEAK LOW LEVEL WINDS...DEEP
   EASTERLY FLOW AND LOW LCL VALUES WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A RISK FOR A FEW
   TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035.
   
   
   ...HART
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