Tornado Watch 153

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 153
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 4 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 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CHANDLER
OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
DISCUSSION...STRONG HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION WILL LEAD TO RAPID
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON ALONG SURFACE
DRYLINE FROM CENTRAL OK INTO NORTH TX. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES APPEAR LIKELY.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.
...HART