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Tornado Watch 869
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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 869
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1230 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
          PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
          MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1230 PM UNTIL
   700 PM 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL WELLS TEXAS.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...AIR MASS IN ADVANCE OF ARCTIC FRONT HAS BECOME
   MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH LITTLE REMAINING CIN. STRONG DEEP LAYER
   SHEAR COUPLED WITH INSTABILITY SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL
   THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF ARCTIC FRONT. ALONG WITH LARGE
   HAIL AND LOCAL DAMAGING WINDS TORNADOS WILL BE POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED
   WITH ANY SUPERCELL.
   
   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 23035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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