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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 84

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

305 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA

       PARTS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL 900

PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 NORTH NORTHEAST OF

CLINTON OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS

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 83...



DISCUSSION...SHEAR PROFILES AND INSTABILITY HAVE BECOME FAVORABLE

FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT TO E OF DRY LINE IN WRN OK/NWRN TX.

STORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND SPREAD EWD DURING EVENING AHEAD OF

COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING SEWD ACROSS NWRN OK ATTM.  TORNADOES ALONG

WITH LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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