Saturday, May 24, 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 351

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 351
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 520 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 120 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG
SPRING TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...
WW 346
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WW 347
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WW
348
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WW 349
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WW 350
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DISCUSSION...SCTD STRONG TO SVR TSTMS...SOME POSSIBLY WITH
INTERMITTENT SUPERCELLULAR STRUCTURE...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DEVELOPING INVOF DRY LINE INFLECTION W OF SJT. GIVEN DEGREE OF
SFC-BASED INSTABILITY...THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY DMGG WIND
AND SVR HAIL AS DRY LINE RETREATS WWD THROUGH MID EVENING.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24015.
...CORFIDI

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