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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 413

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

955 AM CDT Sat Oct 13 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central Texas



* Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 955 AM until

  600 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Persistent supercell structures across the Concho Valley

and Big Country will spread east into this afternoon across central

Texas. Rich low-level moisture and strong wind profiles will support

a risk for tornadoes and damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 70 miles south southwest of

Stephenville TX to 35 miles east of Corsicana TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 412...



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 26025.



...Grams

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