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Tornado Watch 213
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 213
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   140 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     WESTERN OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
       EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
       MPH POSSIBLE

   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   BORGER TEXAS TO 90 MILES WEST OF ABILENE TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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.

   &&

   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE INITIATING NEAR WEAK DEVELOPING FRONTAL
   WAVE...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF A CONVECTIVELY GENERATED SURFACE
   BOUNDARY AND GRADUALLY SHARPENING DRYLINE.  RAPID FURTHER INTENSE
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...IN
   THE PRESENCE OF VERY STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...LARGE CAPE...AND
   SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS.  BEFORE STORMS BEGIN TO CONSOLIDATE
   WITH UPSCALE CONVECTIVE GROWTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A
   FEW SUPERCELLS ARE PROBABLE...SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE
   HAIL AND TORNADOES.

   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
   600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29015.


   ...KERR
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