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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 92

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING

AND MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THIS PART OF THE SOUTH-CENTRAL

HIGH PLAINS INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.  WHILE THE RISK OF A TORNADO

OR TWO STILL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS...THE THREAT WILL

TRANSITION TO MORE HAIL- AND WIND-DOMINANT WITH TIME.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

PLAINVIEW TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91. WATCH NUMBER 91 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 950 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 90...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 22025.





...EDWARDS

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