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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1230 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

       WESTERN NORTH/NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1230 PM UNTIL

800 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

MINERAL WELLS TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.

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.



DISCUSSION...CONVECTION HAS INITIATED ALONG THE DRYLINE AND COLD

FRONT DRYLINE INTERSECTION FROM SWRN OK INTO WRN N TX.  STORMS

SHOULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE ENE INTO AN INSTABILITY

AXIS CHARACTERIZED BY MLCAPE TO 1200 J/KG AND 50-60 KTS OF 0-6KM

SHEAR.  ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO NE-SW ORIENTED BANDS AND

CLUSTERS WITH DMGG WINDS AND HAIL.  ALTHOUGH THE O-2KM WIND FIELDS

WERE BEGINNING TO VEER OVER FAR SWRN OK...SUFFICIENT 0-1KM SHEAR WAS

NOTED ON THE TLX/PURCELL PROFILERS TO INCLUDE POSSIBILITY OF A

COUPLE TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY WITH THE MORE DISCRETE STORMS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...RACY

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