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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 206

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

855 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM UNTIL

100 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

AMARILLO TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BORGER TEXAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 203...WW 204...WW 205...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER WW AREA THROUGH LATE

EVE AS /1/ ADDITIONAL STORMS FORM ALONG TRAILING SW EDGE OF SW KS/OK

PANHANDLE MCS AND /2/ ISOLD SUPERCELLS MOVE NWD FROM THE LBB AREA

AND/OR FORM OVER THE GRADUALLY MOISTENING SRN PANHANDLE.  SETUP ALSO

COULD YIELD A TORNADO...BUT MAIN RISK SHOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND...TO

A LESSER EXTENT...LOCALLY DMGG WIND.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26025.





...CORFIDI

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