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WWUS84 KLUB 052247
TXZ026-032-038-060200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
547 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2001

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHILDRESS...COTTLE AND KING
COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM CDT. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT
YET DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE OR THE
ROLLING PLAINS...THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE FORMATION
OF ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE DRYLINE. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
RAPIDLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

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.

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