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TXZ000-191000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 82

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1125 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1125 PM UNTIL

500 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK

TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW 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 81...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CIRCULATIONS HAVE RAPIDLY FORMED ALONG THE

DEVELOPING SQUALL LINE OVER WEST TX.  DESPITE THE RATHER STRONG

CAP...IT APPEARS THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS SUFFICIENT TO UPGRADE THE

ONGOING SEVERE TSTM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TX.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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WWUS20 KWNS 190423

SEL2

SPC WW 190423

TXZ000-191000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 82...RESENT

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1125 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1125 PM UNTIL

500 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK

TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW 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 81...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CIRCULATIONS HAVE RAPIDLY FORMED ALONG THE

DEVELOPING SQUALL LINE OVER WEST TX.  DESPITE THE RATHER STRONG

CAP...IT APPEARS THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS SUFFICIENT TO UPGRADE THE

ONGOING SEVERE TSTM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TX.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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