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Tornado Watch 390
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WW0390 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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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 390
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   330 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 4 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 45 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST OF WICHITA FALLS
   TEXAS TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 388...WW 389...
   
   DISCUSSION...AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND VIRTUALLY UNCAPPED AIR MASS
   HAS DEVELOPED VICINITY AND JUST E OF DRY LINE.  VERY RAPID
   DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH. 
   GIVEN THE INSTABILITY AND 40-50 KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR...SUPERCELLS
   ARE LIKELY WITH PRIMARY THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY AT
   LEAST AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT IS LIKELY WITH ANY SUPERCELL THAT
   DEVELOPS.  STORMS WILL MOVE/DEVELOP SLOWLY S OF E AWAY FROM DRY LINE
   INITIATION AREA.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30015.
   
   
   ...HALES
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