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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

525 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 525 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DEL

RIO TEXAS TO 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PARIS 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 92...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93. WATCH NUMBER 92 93

WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 525 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 94...



DISCUSSION...FAIRLY WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF SEVERE TSTMS EXPECTED

OVER WW THIS EVENING AS 60 KT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX ASSOCIATED WITH

EJECTING NM UPR TROUGH OVERSPREADS REGION.  GREATEST THREAT FOR

DISCRETE STORMS WITH TORNADOES/LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY HIGH WIND

EXPECTED TO EXIST IN THE RIO GRANDE VLY FROM NEAR DRT E/NE INTO ERN

PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...WHERE RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS PRESENT

AND WHERE GREATEST HEATING OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY.  A MORE ISOLATED

TORNADO THREAT AND/OR LOW LEVEL SPIN-UP TORNADOES/DAMAGING WINDS

APPEAR MORE LIKELY ALONG DEVELOPING LINEAR MCS FROM THE RED RVR SWD

INTO NRN PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY

ALSO PERSIST IN WARM ADVECTION ZONE ALONG ERN FRINGE OF SLY LLJ IN E

CNTRL TX.



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 24035.





...CORFIDI

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