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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 540

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

810 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  WESTERN AND NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 810 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES...HAIL...AND

DAMAGING WIND EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING OVER WESTERN

KANSAS...THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WEST TEXAS. OTHER STORMS

EXPECTED TO FORM WEST OF THIS ACTIVITY AND MERGE INTO AN EXTENSIVE

LINE A BIT LATER TONIGHT. ALL OF THE STORMS SHOULD THEN ACCELERATE

EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF OKLAHOMA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...WITH A

CONTINUED RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...AND

ISOLATED TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL

KANSAS TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF CHILDRESS TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 537. WATCH NUMBER 537 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

810 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 538...WW 539...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22050.





...CORFIDI

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