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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 145

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

300 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  West Texas



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms including supercells will continue to

develop and increase through late afternoon and early evening

near/east of a dryline. A very moist/unstable environment in the

presence of strong deep-layer/low-level winds will support

supercells capable of very large hail along with a tornado risk,

which should increase toward early evening, particularly in vicinity

of the edge of the Caprock toward the Low Rolling Plains.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 50 miles west northwest of Childress TX

to 55 miles southeast of Fort Stockton TX. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 144...



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 24025.



...Guyer

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