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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

930 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 930 AM UNTIL

  500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY

DAMAGING WIND AND...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW

TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED IN WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THE

STORMS SHOULD MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NORTHEAST WITH TIME...POSSIBLY

ORGANIZING INTO ONE OR MORE SLOWLY-MOVING CLUSTERS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO

TEXAS TO 45 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRING TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.





...CORFIDI

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WWUS20 KWNS 081429

SEL2

SPC WW 081429

NMZ000-TXZ000-082200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

930 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 930 AM UNTIL

  500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY

DAMAGING WIND AND...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW

TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED IN WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THE

STORMS SHOULD MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NORTHEAST WITH TIME...POSSIBLY

ORGANIZING INTO ONE OR MORE SLOWLY-MOVING CLUSTERS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO

TEXAS TO 45 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRING TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.





...CORFIDI

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