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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 36

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  NUMEROUS VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF

PARIS TEXAS TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM ALONG THE SURFACE

DRYLINE OVER WEST CENTRAL TX NEAR BWD.  THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO

BECOME SEVERE...WITH SUPERCELL STRUCTURES PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND

LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...HART

