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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 375
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WW0375 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 375
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1010 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 AND EVENING FROM 1010 AM UNTIL
   600 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF FORT WORTH TEXAS TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN
   TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 374...
   
   DISCUSSION...ELEVATED TSTMS ARE FORMING THIS MORNING OVER N TX
   WITHIN ZONE OF ASCENT N OF REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  INFLOW AIR
   MASS IS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE APPROACHING 2000-3000
   J/KG LATER TODAY.  THIS INSTABILITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH MODEST
   DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF UPSCALE STORM GROWTH INTO A
   SEWD-MOVING MCS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 30030.
   
   
   ...MEAD/THOMPSON
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