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000 WWUS20 KWNS 140314 SEL5 SPC WW 140320 OKZ000-141000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 365 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1020 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1020 PM UNTIL 500 AM CDT. HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES EAST OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 363...WW 364... DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER WRN/NWRN OK UNDER STRONG WARM ADVECTION REGIME AS VERY UNSTABLE AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. VEERING SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT. STORMS WILL PROPAGATE E/SEWD OVERNIGHT. AVIATION...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 371,0995 355,0951 334,0951 350,0995