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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 209

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL

800 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BROWNWOOD TEXAS TO 30 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 208...



DISCUSSION...ONGOING SEVERE MCS OVER SWRN TX EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY

FURTHER DURING AFTERNOON AS AIRMASS ACROSS WATCH AREA WILL BECOME

VERY UNSTABLE.  GIVEN THE FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR

PROFILES...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED  INCLUDING VERY LARGE HAIL AND

POSSIBLE TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.





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