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Tornado Watch 212
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 212
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   900 PM CDT MON APR 21 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM UNTIL
   200 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 45 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF CHANDLER
   OKLAHOMA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.  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 211...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TSTM IN SW OK THAT FORMED EARLIER THIS EVENING
   ALONG MERGING PREFRONTAL BOUNDARIES APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME A
   SUSTAINED SUPERCELL.  GIVEN INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW-LEVEL
   ENVIRONMENT... POTENTIAL FOR A SLIGHT NOCTURNAL INCREASE IN THE SLY
   LLJ...AND GRAZING INFLUENCE OF ERN CO/WRN KS UPR TROUGH...THREAT
   WILL EXIST FOR A TORNADO OR TWO IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND
   LOCALLY DMGG WIND.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26020.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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