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Tornado Watch 324
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WW0324 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate High

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 324
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   250 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM 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 65 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK
   TEXAS TO 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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...WW 323...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG OUTFLOW
   BOUNDARY...THAT EXTENDED FROM LBB SEWD TO NEAR ABI. THE COMBINATION
   OF A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR AT 30 KT WILL BE
   FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS. THE VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND DEGREE
   OF INSTABILITY SUGGESTS LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.
   HOWEVER...STORMS THAT MOVE MORE SOUTHWARD MAY ENCOUNTER SUFFICIENT 
   LOW LEVEL SRH FOR 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
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32020.
   
   
   ...IMY
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