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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 272
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 505 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF FORT WORTH
TEXAS TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 268...WW 270...WW 271...
DISCUSSION...SCTD INTENSE TSTMS...POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP GENERALLY SWD ALONG WEAK NNE-SSW COLD FRONT.
MODEST...DIFFLUENT UPR FLOW...AND VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER/STRONG
SFC-BASED CAPE E OF FRONT SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SUSTAINED
STORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL/ISOLD TORNADOES...DESPITE WEAK SFC FLOW.
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
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30020.
...CORFIDI
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