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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

445 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 445 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  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...WE EXPECT ISOLATED SUPERCELLS FOR A FEW HOURS...OFFERING

LARGE HAIL...SEVERE GUSTS AND THE RISK OF A COUPLE TORNADOES.  THAT

SHOULD BE FOLLOWED LATER THIS EVENING BY GROWTH OF SCATTERED

THUNDERSTORMS ON THE DRYLINE...ULTIMATELY EVOLVING INTO A

SUBSTANTIAL SQUALL LINE WITH DAMAGING GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL SEVERE

HAIL LIKELY.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN

ANGELO TEXAS TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 93...



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 23025.





...EDWARDS

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