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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 105
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
430 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS TO 110 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS.
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 104...
DISCUSSION...TRIPLE POINT APPEARS TO BE LOCATED NEAR/JUST SOUTHEAST
OF SPS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DRY LINE EXTENDING SWWD INTO
W-CENTRAL TX. DEEP MOIST CONVECTION HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED NEAR THE
TRIPLE POINT...AND AIR MASS TO ITS SOUTHEAST REMAINS MODERATELY
UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY CAPPED. EXPECT STORMS WILL BECOME SUPERCELLULAR
AND REMAIN DISCRETE AS THEY TRACK NORTHEAST AND THEN MORE EASTWARD
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TX THIS EVENING...WITH ATTENDANT THREAT OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING
WINDS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25020.
...EVANS
;335,0951 330,0955 330,0983 335,0974;Dallas/Fort Worth proper are NOT included, but the northern suburbs are.
