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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST TEXAS

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST

OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381. WATCH NUMBER 381 WILL NOT

BE IN EFFECT AFTER 355 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 382...WW 383...



DISCUSSION...ABUNDANT INSTABILITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO FUEL TSTM

CLUSTERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TX INTO THE EVENING. AS STORM MERGERS

OCCUR AND COLD POOL DEEPENS...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A MORE ORGANIZED

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MAY EVOLVE AND SPREAD SSEWD TOWARD THE UPPER TX

COAST. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE DAMAGING

WINDS. PRIOR TO UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT...OCCASIONAL BURSTS IN STORM

INTENSITY AND ORGANIZATION COULD RESULT IN A FEW HAIL AND LOCALLY

DAMAGING WIND EVENTS.



AVIATION...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 34030.





...CARBIN

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