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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 213

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO

       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS

       OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

       MUCH OF TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CDT.



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

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN

CITY KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS 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...CONTINUE...WW 210...WW 211...WW 212...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP

ALONG N/S DRY LINE WRN PORTION OF WATCH.  WITH MLCAPES LOCALLY TO

3000 J/KG ALONG WITH FAVORABLE VEERING PROFILES AND STEEP LAPSE

RATES...VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY SUPERCELL ALONG WITH

POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  STORMS WILL MOVE/DEVELOP ONLY SLOWLY EWD ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27015.





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