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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 211

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

STEPHENVILLE TEXAS TO 55 MILES EAST OF CORSICANA TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 209...WW 210...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MOVING

RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS NWRN TX.  WHILE PRIMARY THREAT WITH SQUALL LINE

WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH

SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND LOW LCLS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.





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