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Tornado Watch 304
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WW0304 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 304
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   245 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 55 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   BORGER TEXAS TO 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 301...WW 302...WW 303...
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE INITIATING ALONG SHARP COLD FRONT STALLED
   ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TX PNHDL ATTM. VERY HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
   SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ROBUST DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS
   BOUNDARY...WHICH EXTENDS NEWD INTO SWRN KS...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
   AND INTO THE EVENING. STORM MOTIONS MAY TAKE SOME CELLS NWD ACROSS
   THE BOUNDARY AND INTO MORE STABLE SURFACE-BASED AIRMASS...INHIBITING
   LOW LEVEL ROTATION FROM REACHING THE SURFACE. HOWEVER...ANY CELLS
   THAT TRACK ALONG OR NEAR THE WARM SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY FROM NRN TX
   PNHDL NEWD TOWARD DDC AREA...WILL HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH HIGH
   INSTABILITY AND A SOURCE OF STRONG LOW LEVEL VORTICITY FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOGENESIS. GIVEN MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR
   ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE QUITE LIKELY.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 19025.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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