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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 124

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

105 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN MULTIPLE BANDS

ACROSS CENTRAL AND N CENTRAL TX.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BE

FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIALLY A FEW

TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS.  STORM

COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THE SEVERE WEATHER

RISK SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF DALLAS TEXAS

TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE 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.



&&



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

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...THOMPSON

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