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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 200
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL
700 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 50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO 25
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION TEXAS.
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 197. WATCH NUMBER 197 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
1255 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 198...WW 199...
DISCUSSION...VERY TO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO E OF N/S DRY
LINE WCENTRAL TX. LITTLE CAP REMAINS...THUS RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DEEP LAYER
SHEAR SUFFICIENT GIVEN THE MUCAPES IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG FOR
ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS...IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL.
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 26020.
...HALES
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