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WWUS20 KWNS 042000
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SPC WW 042000
OKZ000-TXZ000-050200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 234
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WORTH TEXAS TO 60 MILES
NORTH NORTHEAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.
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 231...WW 232...WW 233...
DISCUSSION...CAP CONTINUES TO ERODE ALONG DRY LINE OVER S-CENTRAL OK
AND NRN TX. STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP QUICKLY...AND SHOULD EVOLVE
INTO SUPERCELLS RAPIDLY. STRONG INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR
SUPPORT A THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES.
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 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...EVANS
320,0984 344,0972 344,0943 320,0960