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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 248

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

700 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 700 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT

    GUSTS TO 85 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF GUYMON

OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 246. WATCH NUMBER 246 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

700 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 240...WW 241...WW 242...WW 243...WW

244...WW 245...WW 247...



DISCUSSION...INTENSE TSTM CLUSTERS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE

TX/OK PANHANDLES AND NRN PORTIONS OF THE TX SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH

LATE TNGT AS SLY LLJ FURTHER STRENGTHENS DOWNSTREAM FROM UPR IMPULSE

APPROACHING FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. STEEP LOW TO LID-LVL LAPSE

RATES...INCREASINGLY RICH MOISTURE AVAILABILITY WITH EWD

EXTENT...CONFIGURATION OF EXISTING STORMS IN ERN NM/THE NRN TX

PANHANDLE...AND 40+ KT 500 MB WSWLY FLOW SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR

UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT INTO AN EWD-MOVING DERECHO-PRODUCING MCS. IN THE

MEAN TIME...DISCRETE AND SEMI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF

VERY LARGE HAIL...DMGG WIND...AND A FEW TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...CORFIDI

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