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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
430 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1999

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

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 50 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA.

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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SWRN OK
AHEAD OF DRYLINE WHERE CAP HAS LOCALLY BROKEN. EXTREME INSTABILITY
AND FAVORABLE SHEAR SUGGEST THAT SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE POSSIBLE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.


...VESCIO

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