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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 155

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

315 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST COLORADO

       NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

       OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

       TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL

1000 PM 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 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF

CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 80 MILES EAST OF BORGER 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.



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY ALONG A REMNANT SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE TX/OK PANHANDLES

INTO SOUTHEAST CO.  BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS...STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL

WESTERLIES...AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF

SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW

TORNADOES.



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 30025.





...HART

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