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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 177

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY EVENING FROM 600 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD

INTO AN ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF LOW-LEVEL STORM ROTATION AND AN

ATTENDANT TORNADO RISK.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS WILL ALSO BE

POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

DALHART TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BORGER 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 176...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 30025.





...THOMPSON

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