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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 414

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

305 PM CDT Sat Oct 13 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Texas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 305 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A couple of longer-lived supercells may continue east

across parts of east-central Texas through early evening. All

hazards are possible before the tornado risk diminishes later this

evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles west southwest of Lufkin TX to

15 miles north northwest of Longview TX. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 413...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25025.



...Grams

