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Tornado Watch 399
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WW0399 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 399
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   400 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN COLORADO
          WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
          FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA
          THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 400 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.
   
   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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   LIMON COLORADO TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMARILLO TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 397...WW 398...
   
   DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EWD OFF THE HIGHER
   TERRAIN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS MOIST ESE POST-FRONTAL FLOW
   PERSISTS ALONG AND N OF STALLING FRONT.  COUPLED WITH LARGE SCALE
   ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH GLANCING INFLUENCE OF PASSING AZ/NM UPR
   DISTURBANCES...SETUP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND
   AND A FEW TORNADOES.  SOME OF THE STORMS LIKELY WILL MERGE INTO ONE
   OR TWO E TO ESE-MOVING MCSS LATER TONIGHT...THAT MAY CONTINUE TO
   PRODUCE SVR HAIL/WIND.
   
   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
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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