Tornado Watch 336

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 336
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA
EASTERN PANHANDLE AND NWRN TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 50 MILES NORTH OF GAGE
OKLAHOMA TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 334
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WW 335
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DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE
DRYLINE AS THE CAP SLOW ERODES...DUE TO LARGE SCALE LIFTING
ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING NEWD INTO SERN CO. MODERATE
TO STRONG INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR AT 40-45 KT WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20030.
...IMY