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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 204

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

WACO TEXAS TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 200...WW 201...WW

202...WW 203...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE TSTM THREAT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE IN ASSOCIATED WITH A BAND OF CONFLUENCE

ACROSS EASTERN TX...IN ADDITION TO INCREASING DEEP CONVECTION IN

VICINITY OF THE CENTRAL TX/HILL COUNTRY DRYLINE. STRONG INSTABILITY

COUPLED WITH THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF STRONGER FLOW ALOFT WILL

SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...GUYER/HART

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