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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 288

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

405 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 405 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE 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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DISCUSSION...A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS EXISTS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF

WEST-CENTRAL/CENTRAL TX LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF A WEAK

SHORTWAVE TROUGH/SPEED MAX MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE REGION.

IN THE PRESENCE OF 40+ KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR...INITIAL SUPERCELL

DEVELOPMENT SEEMS PROBABLE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN VICINITY OF A PRIOR OUTFLOW

BOUNDARY. INTO THIS EVENING...STORMS MAY MERGE INTO A SOUTHEASTWARD

MOVING MCS ACROSS CENTRAL TX WITH SOME INCREASE IN DAMAGING WIND

POTENTIAL.



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.





...GUYER

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