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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 196

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

455 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 455 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

BROWNWOOD TEXAS TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SHERMAN TEXAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 SEVERE

THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 193. WATCH NUMBER 193 WILL NOT BE IN

EFFECT AFTER 455 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 192...WW 194...WW 195...



DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOP ALONG DRY LINE AND

WITH EXPECTED INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET BY THIS EVENING...NOT ONLY

VERY LARGE HAIL BUT TORNADOS WILL BE POSSIBLE.  ADDITIONAL SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING N AND E THRU THE REMAINDER OF

THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.





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