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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 320 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
335 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2003

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

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
       NORTHWEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST OF MINERAL WELLS TEXAS TO 55 MILES
NORTH NORTHEAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY 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 317...WW 318...WW 319...


DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG DRYLINE ACROSS NORTHWEST TX AND
SOUTHWEST OK.  VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF
VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  BACKING/STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL
WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALSO SUGGEST AN INCREASING
THREAT OF ISOLATED 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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HART

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