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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

220 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS

AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...TRACKING

NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT

WITH THESE STORMS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LIBERAL KANSAS TO 100 MILES

SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS 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.



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AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20030.





...HART

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