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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 59

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT/DRYLINE

WILL MOVE NEWD ACROSS THE ERN TX/OK PANHANDLES THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON/EVENING.  SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A RISK FOR

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING GUSTS...AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BORGER TEXAS TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BORGER TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



&&



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.





...THOMPSON

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646 

WWUS20 KWNS 161845

SEL9

SPC WW 161845

OKZ000-TXZ000-170300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 59

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT/DRYLINE

WILL MOVE NEWD ACROSS THE ERN TX/OK PANHANDLES THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON/EVENING.  SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A RISK FOR

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING GUSTS...AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BORGER TEXAS TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BORGER TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



&&



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.





...THOMPSON

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