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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 269

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

620 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 620 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

BORGER TEXAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO 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 265...WW 266...WW

267...WW 268...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND

INTENSITY ACROSS WRN TX PANHANDLE SWD.  WITH VEERING SHEAR

PROFILES...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MDT INSTABILITY...SUPERCELLS ARE

LIKELY...ACCOMPANIED BY VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

THREAT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THRU THE EVENING AS LOW LEVEL JET

INCREASES ENHANCING THE SHEAR.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.





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