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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 60
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
          SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1250 AM UNTIL 600 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS TO 75
   MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 57. WATCH NUMBER 57 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1250
   AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 59...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING IN SERN TX WILL LIKELY
   CONTINUE A GENERAL EWD MOTION TOWARDS WRN LA OVER THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY STRONGER
   STORMS...THOUGH VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT A TORNADO
   THREAT NEARER THE RICHER GULF MOISTURE ACROSS SERN TX.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27030.
   
   
   ...EVANS