Tornado Watch 275

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 275
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
530 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA
EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 530 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF TULSA
OKLAHOMA TO 10 MILES EAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 273
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WW 274
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DISCUSSION...IMPRESSIVE SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MAINTAIN A LARGE AREA OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS ACROSS WW THROUGH THE EARLY NIGHTTIME
HOURS. VERY STRONG SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN THREAT OF TORNADOES...ALONG
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...EVANS