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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 37

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 725 AM UNTIL

  100 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BROKEN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW

SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND

TORNADOES...WILL MOVE GENERALLY EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM AHEAD OF THE LINE

ACROSS EAST CENTRAL TEXAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF DALLAS TEXAS

TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF AUSTIN TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF

THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU7).



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 36...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...CORFIDI

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