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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 664
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WW0664 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 664
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   325 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
          NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL
   1000 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 65
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF FORT WORTH TEXAS TO 80 MILES EAST OF DALLAS TEXAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...PREVIOUSLY ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL/ERN OK
   HAVE BECOME SURFACE-BASED AS THEY MOVE GENERALLY SWD INTO A HOT AND
   MOIST SURFACE ENVIRONMENT...WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR 100F
   AND DEW POINTS ARE IN THE UPPER 60S-LOWER 70S.  THE STORMS APPEAR TO
   HAVE DEVELOPED AN ORGANIZED COLD POOL WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
   SWD/SSWWD ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO NRN TX DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
   HOURS.  THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL UPDRAFTS TO DEVELOP WWD
   ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
   OKLAHOMA...WITH RESULTANT SWWD PROPAGATION TO THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM.
    DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THE SYSTEM.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 34020.
   
   
   ...WEISS
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