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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 136
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   740 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 740 PM UNTIL
   100 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS TEXAS TO
   35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WACO TEXAS.
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
   TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 132...WW 133...WW 134...WW
   135...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK
   EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL TX.  THESE STORMS MAY MAINTAIN INTENSITY FOR
   SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS THEY TRACK INTO NORTHEAST TX/SOUTHEAST
   OK/SOUTHWEST AR.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE
   MAIN THREAT.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26030.
   
   
   ...HART