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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 548
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WW0548 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 548
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   310 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE/NORTHWEST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF
   CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 545...WW 546...WW 547...
   
   DISCUSSION...REMNANT MCV AND ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL CONVECTIVE DEBRIS
   IS SPREADING
   ACROSS ECNTRL NM INTO THE WRN TX PANHANDLE.  ALONG THE LEADING EDGE
   OF THIS THICKER CLOUD CANOPY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RECENTLY
   DEVELOPED...JUST OFF THE CAP ROCK FROM SE OF LBB TO WHEELER COUNTY. 
   SFC TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED AOA 100F WITHIN VEERED...BUT MOIST LOW
   LEVEL PRE-FRONTAL FLOW.  LATEST THINKING IS THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD
   GRADUALLY EXPAND IN AREAL COVERAGE/INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS.  GIVEN THE LARGE TEMP/DEW POINT SPREADS IT APPEARS STRONG
   WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29015.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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