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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 326

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

825 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 825 PM

UNTIL 200 AM 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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANNON

AFB NEW MEXICO TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BIG SPRING TEXAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 322...WW 323...WW

324...WW 325...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST THIS EVENING

ACROSS WEST TX...IN REGION OF MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.

SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF

SUPERCELLS FOR ANOTHER SEVERAL HOURS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH

03-04Z.



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 29025.





...HART

