WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 241

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
955 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

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

WESTERN OKLAHOMA
THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF ALVA
OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON OKLAHOMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 234. WATCH NUMBER 234 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
955 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 236...WW 237...WW 238...WW 239...WW
240...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SUPERCELLS POSING A THREAT
FOR TORNADOES MAY PERSIST/DEVELOP THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AS WEAK COLD
SURGE MOVING E ACROSS THE OK/TX PANHANDLE ENCOUNTERS RICH MOIST
ENVIRONMENT OVER THE ERN PANHANDLE/WRN OK.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.

..CORFIDI

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