Tornado Watch 468

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 468
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
740 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
A LARGE PART OF NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 740 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 462
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TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 465
. WATCH NUMBER 462 465
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 740 PM CDT. CONTINUE...
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DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR INDICATES VIGOROUS VORT/WIND MAX MOVING EWD
ACROSS TX PANHANDLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING WRN PORTION OF
WATCH WILL RESPOND TO THE MID LEVEL COOLING AND ASCENT INCREASING
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES AND CONTINUED THREAT OF VERY STRONG/DAMAGING
WINDS AS THE LINE MOVES EWD ACROSS THE WATCH EARLY TONIGHT.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.
...HALES