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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 109

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST

OKLAHOMA

  WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 230 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND SCATTERED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 4

    INCHES IN DIAMETER EXPECTED

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY FORM IN

THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS OVER WESTERN PART OF WATCH...INCLUDING A FEW

STRONG SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND

TORNADOES. THE STORMS SHOULD MERGE INTO BROKEN LINES AND

CLUSTERS...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS CONTINUING TO POSE A RISK FOR

VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND.. AND A FEW TORNADOES AS THEY

MOVE/DEVELOP EAST-NORTHEAST INTO TONIGHT.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD

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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 106...WW 107...WW 108...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.





...CORFIDI

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