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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 255

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

545 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 545

  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

PLAINVIEW TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 252...WW 253...WW 254...



DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO FORM INVOF STALLED

WNW-ESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS W CNTRL TX THROUGH THIS EVE...WITH

ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO REGION FROM ERN NM.

COMBINATION OF MODEST LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT WITH STEEP

MID-LVL LAPSE RATES...MOISTURE-RICH ESE SFC FLOW...AND 35 KT WSWLY

500 MB FLOW SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR A FEW LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS WITH

A POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND DMGG WIND.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29025.





...CORFIDI

