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Tornado Watch 465
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 465
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   220 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
          WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   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 NORTHEAST OF CLINTON
   OKLAHOMA TO 135 MILES SOUTH OF CHILDRESS TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 461...WW 462...WW
   463...WW 464...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG SURFACE
   DRYLINE FROM SOUTHWEST OK INTO WESTERN NORTH TX DURING THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS.  SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
   EXPECTED.  HIGH LCLS WILL LIMIT OVERALL TORNADO THREAT...BUT STRONG
   DEEP LAYER AND LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR MAY RESULT IN A FEW SPIN UPS
   WITH STRONGEST CELLS.
   
   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 25035.
   
   
   ...HART
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