WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 244

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
350 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PONCA CITY
OKLAHOMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 239...WW 240...WW
241...WW 242...WW 243...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR
ACROSS WRN OK WHERE THE CAP HAS LOCALLY ERODED. CURRENT
VAD/PROFILER DATA CONTINUE TO INDICATE A VEER-BACK WIND PROFILE
WHICH WILL LIKELY PROMOTE MIXED STORM MODES. WHILE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY BOW HEADS/SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED
STRENGTHENING OF LOW-LEVEL SHEAR.

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 25030.


...MEAD

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