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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

320 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 320 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF ALICE TEXAS

TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF WACO 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 13...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL BANDS/CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SVR TSTMS EXPECTED

OVER PARTS CNTRL AND E TX THROUGH THIS MORNING AS WIND FIELD AND UPR

DIFFLUENCE STRENGTHEN IN NE QUADRANT OF W TX UPR LOW.  AS THE LOW

CONTINUES SLOWLY EWD...ASSOCIATED MID/UPR LVL JET STREAK WILL REFORM

ON ERN SIDE OF SYSTEM.  COUPLED WITH INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW-LVL

CONFLUENT FLOW OVER THE NWRN GULF AND THE SRN/MIDDLE TX CSTL

PLN...SETUP MAY FOSTER AN INCREASING RISK FOR STORMS WITH LOW-LVL

MESOS GIVEN LIKELY PERSISTENCE OF SELY NEAR-SFC FLOW.

THE WRN-MOST SQLN...NOW EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 40 W TPL TO NEAR COT

SHOULD CONTINUE STEADILY EWD...EFFECTIVELY MARKING WRN EDGE OF RISK

AREA.  BAND OF STORMS E OF THAT SQLN...ATTM EXTENDING SSWWD FROM E

OF AUS...IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WIND

PROFILES AND THERMODYNAMICS SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED

LEWPS WITH DMGG WIND/ISOLD TORNADOES.  TORNADOES ALSO WILL BE

POSSIBLE WITH ANY DISCRETE CELLS THAT ARISE LATER THIS MORNING IN

CONFLUENT FLOW FARTHER E TOWARD THE VCT/HOU AREAS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.





...CORFIDI

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