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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

340 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

AUSTIN TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 190...WW 191...



DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO FORM INVOF MCS

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERSECTIONS OVER S TX THROUGH EARLY-MID EVE. WITH

SFC HEATING AND CONTINUED MOISTURE INFLOW HAVING BOOSTED BUOYANCY ON

IMMEDIATE COOL SIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES...STORMS THAT INITIATE ALONG

OR JUST W OF BOUNDARIES MAY DEVELOP ENHANCED LOW-LVL MESOCYCLONES

AND A POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND GIVEN FAVORABLE

ORIENTATION OF BOUNDARY SEGMENTS WITH RESPECT TO WNWLY DEEP SHEAR.



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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025.





...CORFIDI

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