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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 120

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS WITH SOME RISK FOR TORNADOES...IN

ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...EXPECTED TO

MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NE ACROSS THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW

ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH LATE EVENING...AS MOISTURE INFLOW INCREASES

AHEAD OF SOUTHWESTERN STATES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

PLAINVIEW TEXAS TO 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 119...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22025.





...CORFIDI

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