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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 134
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
500 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Southeastern Colorado
  Western Kansas
  Oklahoma Panhandle
  Northern Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 500 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible

SUMMARY...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to evolve
out of a belt of convection now building along a slow-moving
dryline, from near the CO/KS line southward into the northern TX
Panhandle.  A few supercells may evolve out of this activity with an
early threat for large to very large hail and severe gusts.  Tornado
potential would ramp up from late afternoon into evening with any
remaining supercell(s) as low-level shear increases.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 45 miles east southeast of Dalhart TX
to 55 miles north of Garden City KS. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 133...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
storm motion vector 23025.

...Edwards
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