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WWUS20 KWNS 011953
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SPC WW 011955
TXZ000-020100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 200
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
800 PM 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS TO 25
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PARIS 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 196...WW 197...WW 198...WW
199...
DISCUSSION...EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS NRN/CENTRAL TX AHEAD
OF DRY LINE/COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY
ALONG BOUNDARIES WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR AVAILABLE FOR ISOLATED
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE A PRIMARY THREAT.
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 600.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.
...HALES
304,1004 334,0962 334,0933 304,0980