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Tornado Watch 200
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   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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