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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 155 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

TEMPLE TEXAS TO PARIS 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 85. WATCH NUMBER 85 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 155

AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 87...WW 88...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH EMBEDDED SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS SHOULD

CONTINUE GENERALLY SEWD THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...WHILE INDIVIDUAL

STORMS MOVE ENE WITHIN IT.  BEHAVIOR OF EXISTING STORMS SUGGESTS

PRESENCE OF A CAP...OR AT LEAST APPRECIABLE CIN...IN WARM SECTOR

AHEAD OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM.  THIS SHOULD KEEP NEW DEVELOPMENT

CONFINED TO ZONE OF UPLIFT ALONG SYSTEM GUST FRONT.  WHILE THIS

SHOULD LIMIT OVERALL POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...ARRIVAL OF STRONGER

DEEP WIND FIELD LATER THIS MORNING /AS NM UPR LOW CONTINUES

EWD/...AND FAIRLY RICH MOISTURE INFLOW...SUGGEST ENOUGH POTENTIAL

FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES TO EXTEND EXISTING TORNADO WATCH IN TIME AND

EWD EXTENT.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...CORFIDI

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