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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 611
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WW0611 Radar
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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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 611
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   105 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
          WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 105 AM UNTIL 600 AM 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 45
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF
   ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 607...WW 609...WW 610...
   
   DISCUSSION...A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OK WILL
   CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...EVENTUALLY INTO NORTHWEST TX. 
   STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ABOVE THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION AND AMPLE
   INSTABILITY WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL
   FOR ANOTHER SEVERAL HOURS.
   
   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 34030.
   
   
   ...HART
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