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Tornado Watch

Statement as of 3:20 PM CDT on May 18, 2013


The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
western and central Oklahoma
northwest Texas

* effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until
1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
several tornadoes possible
several large hail events likely with a few very large hail
    events to 3 inches in diameter possible
several damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

The Tornado Watch area is approximately along and 75 statute
miles east and west of a line from 25 miles east northeast of
Alva Oklahoma to 30 miles south southeast of Abilene 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.


Other watch information... continue... ww 170...

Discussion... severe storms are expected to initiate near the dryline
in the vicinity of the western Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle border
area... southward across parts of northwest Texas... toward the
Edwards Plateau... during the next few hours as inhibition weakens in
peak afternoon heating. Discrete supercells will pose a risk for
very large hail and a few tornadoes... before activity grows upscale
this evening... with damaging wind potential perhaps becoming more
prominent. As low-level hodographs become clockwise curved and
quite large this evening... and boundary layer relative humidity
increases with diurnal cooling... a window of opportunity may exist
for a strong tornado or two... before convection consolidates into
organized clusters.

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
550. Mean storm motion vector 25030.


... Kerr

Fire Weather Watch

Statement as of 3:18 PM CDT on May 18, 2013

Expires 10:00 PM EDT on May 19, 2013


... Fire Weather Watch in effect from Sunday afternoon through
Sunday evening for sustained 20 foot winds of 20 mph or greater...
relative humidity values of 15 percent or less and high fire
danger for the southeast Texas Panhandle and rolling plains...

The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Fire Weather
Watch... which is in effect from Sunday afternoon through Sunday
evening.

* Wind... will become sustained from the southwest to west at 15 to
25 mph Sunday afternoon.

* Humidity... will drop to 5 to 10 percent.

* Impacts... any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
red flag warnings.






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