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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 96

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST-CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM

  UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...INITIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PART

OF THIS WATCH...IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OVERNIGHT WITH THE

POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL HAIL.  THAT ACTIVITY

EVENTUALLY SHOULD CATCH UP WITH INITIALLY SEPARATE STORMS OVER

WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...THE LATTER WHICH MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED SEVERE

WEATHER UNTIL THEN.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

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

JUNCTION TEXAS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94. WATCH NUMBER 94 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 1145 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 95...



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23025.





...EDWARDS

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