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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 149

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

305 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  WESTERN NORTH TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3

    INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS

AFTERNOON ALONG A DRYLINE OVER WESTERN OK AND WESTERN NORTH

TX...TRACKING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND

EVENING.  VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

STORMS.  ACTIVITY MAY MAKE IT TO THE I-35 CORRIDOR BEFORE WEAKENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALVA OKLAHOMA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 148...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 25030.





...HART

