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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 200

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 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

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM

ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER THE EASTERN TX PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND

TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO WESTERN OK.  OTHER SUPERCELLS ARE

FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN A COUPLE OF HOURS OVER SOUTHWEST KS.  LARGE

HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT ISOLATED

TORNADOES ARE ALSO A CONCERN.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

DODGE CITY KANSAS TO 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 199...



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 24035.





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