WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 213

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 213
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
655 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

THE TEXAS BIG BEND AND LOWER PECOS VALLEY OF WEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FORT
STOCKTON TEXAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO TEXAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 209. WATCH NUMBER 209 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
655 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 210...WW 211...WW 212...

DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISCRETE
STORMS IN MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG AND W OF THE PECOS VLY OF W TX
THIS EVENING. CONTINUED EWD ADVANCE OF SRN NM UPR LOW AND
ASSOCIATED 50 KT MID LEVEL WLY SPEED MAX WILL MAINTAIN FORCING/DEEP
SHEAR FOR SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30030.

..CORFIDI

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