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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 442

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

210 PM CST Wed Dec 26 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Parts of central and north Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 210 PM

  until 1000 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will persist through the evening within a

broken band in the warm sector, generally west of Interstate 35.

Gradual destabilization of the low levels, in an environment with

strong low-level wind shear, will support a threat for tornadoes

with embedded supercells.  Later this evening, a squall line will

reach the watch area, with an attendant threat for damaging winds

and brief tornadoes with embedded circulations.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

east and west of a line from 60 miles northwest of Mineral Wells TX

to 55 miles east of Junction TX. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 441...



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

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 22035.



...Thompson

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