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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 85

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

850 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO

       PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM

UNTIL 400 AM 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 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF WINK TEXAS

TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 80...WW 81...WW 82...WW

83...WW 84...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG DRY LINE/COLD

FRONT MOVING INTO WATCH AREA FROM THE WEST.  WITH MLCAPES AOA 2000

J/KG AND STRONG VEERING SHEAR PROFILES SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED.

ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY

SUPERCELL THAT DEVELOPS.



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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.





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