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WWUS20 KWNS 232001

SEL6

SPC WW 232001

TXZ000-240200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 196

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE MIDDLE RIO

GRANDE VALLEY



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS

PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND ADJACENT NORTHERN

MEXICO...WITH SEVERE RISK INCREASING ACROSS THIS AREA.  LARGE HAIL

AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES INTO THE EVENING HOURS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BIG SPRING TEXAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF DRYDEN TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 194...WW 195...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...GOSS

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363 

WWUS20 KWNS 232001

SEL6

SPC WW 232001

TXZ000-240200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 196

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE MIDDLE RIO

GRANDE VALLEY



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS

PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND ADJACENT NORTHERN

MEXICO...WITH SEVERE RISK INCREASING ACROSS THIS AREA.  LARGE HAIL

AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES INTO THE EVENING HOURS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BIG SPRING TEXAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF DRYDEN TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 194...WW 195...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...GOSS

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