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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 334

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1035 PM

UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 85 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 332...



DISCUSSION...AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS INCREASING ACROSS

WEST TX.  ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREA FOR

ANOTHER SEVERAL HOURS WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING

WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.  WEAK LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED

TO RESULT IN A GRADUAL DECREASE OF STORMS AFTER 1AM.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32025.





...HART

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