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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 541

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1030 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1030 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NOW EXITING THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND

APPROACHING WESTERN PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY / NORTHWEST TEXAS

EXPECTED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND MERGE INTO A MORE SOLID LINE

BETWEEN NOW AND SUNRISE. AS THE LINE CONTINUES EASTWARD...A RISK

WILL EXIST FOR DAMAGING WIND...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND MARGINALLY

SEVERE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF WICHITA FALLS

TEXAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 537. WATCH NUMBER 537 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

1030 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 539...WW 540...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.





...CORFIDI

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