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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 174

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

850 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY EVENING FROM 850 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 30 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JUNCTION TEXAS TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TEMPLE 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 173...



DISCUSSION...SMALL CORRIDOR OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS WILL

CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS NEAR STALLED SURFACE FRONT.  IN

ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL...WILL LIKELY SEE ISOLATED TORNADOES AND

DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE STORMS UNTIL CAPPING INCREASES THROUGH THE

MID EVENING.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.





...EVANS

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