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WWUS20 KWNS 241941

SEL0

SPC WW 241941

TXZ000-CWZ000-250300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 520

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 PM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  COASTAL TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY

INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE REMNANT CENTER OF

HURRICANE PATRICIA EMERGES INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO.  THE

PRIMARY RISK WILL BE ALONG COASTAL COUNTIES...LASTING THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI

TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16020.





...GOSS

