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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

350 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM

  UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PONCA CITY

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 239...WW 240...WW

241...WW 242...WW 243...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR

ACROSS WRN OK WHERE THE CAP HAS LOCALLY ERODED.  CURRENT

VAD/PROFILER DATA CONTINUE TO INDICATE A VEER-BACK WIND PROFILE

WHICH WILL LIKELY PROMOTE MIXED STORM MODES.  WHILE DAMAGING WINDS

AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE

POSSIBLE WITH ANY BOW HEADS/SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED

STRENGTHENING OF LOW-LEVEL SHEAR.



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 25030.





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