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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 213

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

655 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       THE TEXAS BIG BEND AND LOWER PECOS VALLEY OF WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 50 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FORT

STOCKTON TEXAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO TEXAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 209. WATCH NUMBER 209 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

655 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 210...WW 211...WW 212...



DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISCRETE

STORMS IN MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG AND W OF THE PECOS VLY OF W TX

THIS EVENING.  CONTINUED EWD ADVANCE OF SRN NM UPR LOW AND

ASSOCIATED 50 KT MID LEVEL WLY SPEED MAX WILL MAINTAIN FORCING/DEEP

SHEAR FOR SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30030.





...CORFIDI

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