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WWUS20 KWNS 250639

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SPC WW 250639

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 185

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

140 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF VICTORIA

TEXAS TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 182...WW 183...WW 184...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE MCS SCENTRAL TX EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING

E/ENE ACROSS WATCH.  WITH A VERY MOIST/MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS

AND 40-50KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR...POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED

SUPERCELLS/TORNADOS WILL CONTINUE ALONG/AHEAD OF MCS.  WIND DAMAGE

WILL BE PREDOMINANT THREAT AS LINE SEGMENT/BOWS DEVELOP EWD.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





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