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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 182

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM

UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 105 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTH OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 178...WW 179...WW

180...WW 181...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG SURFACE

BOUNDARY FROM NEAR MAF-ABI.  FROM THERE SOUTHWARD...THUNDERSTORM

DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH

BEGINS TO AFFECT REGION.  CAPE AND VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN

QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES WELL AFTER DARK.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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