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000 WWUS20 KWNS 080111 SEL2 SPC WW 080115 TXZ000-080700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 292 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 815 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 815 PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE TEXAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WACO TEXAS. 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 289...WW 290...WW 291... DISCUSSION...INTENSE SUPERCELL CURRENTLY EASTLAND COUNTY WILL CONTINUE POTENTIALLY TORNADIC AS IT MOVES ESEWD INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. VEERING SHEAR PROFILES WILL LIKELY BECOME EVEN MORE ENHANCED DURING EVENING WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030. ...HALES 323,0955 312,0954 312,0982 323,0982