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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 781

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1155 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

       NORTHEAST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL

600 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

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



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE 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 780...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY

ALONG SLOW EWD-MOVING COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. RICH BOUNDARY LAYER

MOISTURE AND STRONG TO INTENSE LOW THROUGH MID-LEVEL WIND FIELDS

WILL SUPPORT INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED STORMS/CELLS. WHILE ACTIVITY MAY

EVENTUALLY CONSOLIDATE INTO A SQUALL LINE WITH DAMAGING

WINDS...INITIAL/DISCRETE STORMS WILL EXISTS WITHIN VERY SUPPORTIVE

ENVIRONMENT FOR PERSISTENT LOW-LEVEL ROTATION AND POSSIBLE

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.





...CARBIN

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