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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 194

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

640 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 640 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS TO 85 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 190...WW 191...WW

192...WW 193...



DISCUSSION...AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL WITH A HISTORY BASEBALL-SIZED

HAIL WILL CONTINUE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. IN

ADDITION TO THE HAIL THREAT...A TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 36025.





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