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Tornado Watch

Statement as of 10:25 AM CDT on May 21, 2013

Expires 8:00 PM EDT on May 21, 2013


The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
southern Oklahoma
northern and central Texas

* effective this Tuesday morning and evening from 1025 am until
700 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
several tornadoes with a few intense tornadoes possible
numerous damaging wind gusts likely with a few significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
several large hail events with a few very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter possible

The Tornado Watch area is approximately along and 95 statute
miles north and south of a line from 50 miles south southwest of
Abilene Texas to 35 miles south southeast of Paris Texas. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (wous64 kwns wou1).

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

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.


Discussion... aided by forcing associated with a short wave impulse
turning east of the southern High Plains... increasing thunderstorm
development is expected during the next few hours along a surface
cold front and remnant outflow boundary across the ww area. The
outflow boundary... situated near or just south of the Red River may
become the focus for an increasingly organized mesoscale convective
system capable of producing damaging winds... large hail and isolated
tornadoes. Discrete supercells are possible along the trailing
southern flank of the developing system... southward through central
Texas by this afternoon... as well as ahead of the squall line across
northern Texas. One or two strong tornadoes may not be out of the
question.

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 27035.


... Kerr

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