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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 531

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1205 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1205 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SCATTERED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WIND AND SEVERE HAIL...EXPECTED TO

INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FROM CENTRAL TEXAS NORTHEAST INTO

PARTS OF OKLAHOMA.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

GROVE OKLAHOMA TO 10 MILES EAST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...CORFIDI

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