WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 958

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 958
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 205 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS
TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 955...WW 956...WW 957...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE NOW FORMING ALONG COLD FRONT IN S CNTRL KS/NW
OK. OTHER STORMS ARE FORMING ALONG TROUGH/DRY LINE EXTENDING
NNE/SSW IN WRN OK. STORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING AS UVV
INCREASES WITH CONTINUED EWD MOVEMENT OF UPR VORT NOW NEAR ABQ.
AREA WIND PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS. WITH
AT LEAST SOME OF THE STORMS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SEMI-DISCRETE...AND
WITH AMPLE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE PRESENT THROUGHOUT
REGION...THREAT WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SMALL
SCALE BOWS WITH DMGG WIND GUSTS/SVR HAIL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 23045.

...CORFIDI

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