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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 835

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1140 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1140 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

CHILDRESS TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 834...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SEWD FROM ERN NM WILL

CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THEY

MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  AIRMASS IN ADVANCE REMAINS MOIST AND

MODESTLY UNSTABLE WITH FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR.



AVIATION...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 31030.





...HALES

