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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTH TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM UNTIL

500 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

CORSICANA TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 379...WW 380...



DISCUSSION...LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS

WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK SEWD ACROSS N TX THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE SUSTAINED ALONG A DEEP-LAYER

FRONTAL ZONE DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION WITH FURTHER SUPPORT FOR

UPWARD MOTION BEING PROVIDED BY A SUBTLE SHORT WAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED

WITHIN MODEST WNWLY FLOW ALOFT. AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE ONGOING STORMS

SHOULD CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE SUFFICIENTLY TO SUPPORT BOTH DAMAGING

WIND AND VERY LARGE HAIL THREATS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 33030.





...CARBIN

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