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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 185

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST OF DRYDEN

TEXAS TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



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DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES

EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/INCREASE ALONG STALLING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY

EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE BIG BEND ENE INTO THE WRN HILL COUNTRY...AND

OVER THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SW TX AND S OF THE TX BIG

BEND. DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOSTERED BY SFC HEATING....CONTINUED

INFLOW OF MOIST SELY LOW-LVL FLOW...AND POSSIBLY BY ASCENT

ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPR TROUGH. OTHER STORMS WITH A

POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF TORNADOES MAY ARISE IN MOIST/CONFLUENT LOW-LVL

FLOW OVER SRN PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY...AND INVOF SMALL MCS/LEWP

STRUCTURE NOW OVER THE CONCHO VLY AS THAT SYSTEM CONTINUES GENERALLY

ENEWD.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...CORFIDI

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