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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 314
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   535 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTH TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 535 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM 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 65 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS
   TEXAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF PARIS 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 308...WW 309...WW 310...WW
   311...WW 312...WW 313...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS WEST OF FTW IS FORECAST TO
   TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.  OTHER STORMS MAY
   INTENSIFY AS UPPER SPEED MAX APPROACHES REGION.  MODERATELY UNSTABLE
   AIRMASS AND STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE
   OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   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 25035.
   
   
   ...HART