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Tornado Watch 336
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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 336
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   230 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN OKLAHOMA
          EASTERN PANHANDLE AND NWRN TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF GAGE
   OKLAHOMA TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 334...WW 335...
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE
   DRYLINE AS THE CAP SLOW ERODES...DUE TO LARGE SCALE LIFTING
   ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING NEWD INTO SERN CO. MODERATE
   TO STRONG INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR AT 40-45 KT WILL BE
   FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND 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 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20030.
   
   
   ...IMY
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