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WWUS20 KWNS 081750

SEL3

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OKZ000-TXZ000-090200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 143

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  NORTH TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL

  900 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 POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED SUPERCELLS NOW IN NORTHWEST TX EXPECTED

TO MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY EAST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...WITH AN

INCREASING RISK FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND A FEW

TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

CLINTON OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL WELLS

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 142...



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 26025.





...CORFIDI

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691 

WWUS20 KWNS 081750

SEL3

SPC WW 081750

OKZ000-TXZ000-090200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 143

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

  NORTH TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL

  900 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 POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED SUPERCELLS NOW IN NORTHWEST TX EXPECTED

TO MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY EAST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...WITH AN

INCREASING RISK FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND A FEW

TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

CLINTON OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL WELLS

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 142...



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 26025.





...CORFIDI

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