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SPC WW 151954

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

255 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS

AFTERNOON ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHEAST CO INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS

PANHANDLE...TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH THROUGH THE EARLY

EVENING.  VERY LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR IN THE STRONGER CELLS...AS WELL

AS A RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR

COLORADO TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF AMARILLO TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 89...WW 90...



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 23035.





...HART

