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WWUS20 KWNS 161859

SEL7

SPC WW 161859

COZ000-KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-170300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 537

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

100 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  WESTERN TEXAS INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON

INTO EVENING.  THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF A FEW

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK

TEXAS TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



&&



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





...MEAD

