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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 322

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

340 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

       PARTS OF THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL

900 PM CDT.



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

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 120 MILES NORTH OF CHILDRESS

TEXAS TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF CHILDRESS 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 321...



DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE DEVELOPING ON THE DRY LINE OVER THE ERN TX

PANHANDLE WITHIN A VERY UNSTABLE AND FAVORABLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.

SUPERCELL STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP WITH POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE

VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR

TWO.  ERN EXTENT OF THE THREAT AREA IS LIMITED BY LOW LEVEL

STABILITY AS INDICATED BY WAVE CLOUDS ON VISIBLE IMAGERY...RESULTING

IN A RATHER NARROW ZONE OF SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27015.





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