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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 222 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
400 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
       NORTHWEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 115 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA TO
95 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS 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 220...WW 221...


DISCUSSION...LINE OF TCU AND A SMALL CB HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE DRY
LINE JUST EAST OF LBB.	GIVEN THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS /MLCAPES TO
3000 J/KG /...ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR...ACTIVITY WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND EVOLVE INTO SUPERCELLS.  VERY LARGE
HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ACTIVITY SHIFTS EWD
INTO THE MID EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.


...EVANS

350,0973 325,0974 325,1013 350,1013