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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 372
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 372
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   315 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 315 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   LONGVIEW TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 370...WW 371...
   
   DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS VIGOROUS TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED WITHIN ZONE OF
   ENHANCED LOW LEVEL ASCENT LEFT IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER INTENSE MCS
   AND BOW ECHO THAT MOVED ACROSS THE DFW AREA AND ESEWD TO PARTS OF
   NERN TX. WHILE THE EARLIER SYSTEM HAS MOVED WELL EAST...WIND
   PROFILER DATA INDICATED STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION WAS
   CONTINUING ATOP RESIDUAL MCS COLD POOL. VERY STRONG INSTABILITY
   ACROSS THE REGION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO FUEL INTENSE UPDRAFTS
   WITHIN A RELATIVELY NARROW CORRIDOR FROM THE DFW METROPLEX ESEWD
   NEXT FEW HOURS. WEAK ELY COMPONENT TO LOW LEVEL FLOW...TOPPED BY
   INCREASINGLY STRONG WLY FLOW TO ABOUT 40KT BETWEEN 3-5KM WAS
   RESULTING IN SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES
   CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 30035.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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