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WWUS20 KWNS 260012

SEL5

SPC WW 260012

TXZ000-CWZ000-260600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

710 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST TEXAS

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF

PALACIOS TEXAS TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR 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 63...WW 64...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT EXPECTED

TO PUSH SEWD INTO SOUTHEASTERN TX THIS EVENING.  DEEP LAYER SHEAR

REMAINS QUITE STRONG...AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR

ISOLATED TORNADOES.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE

ADDITIONAL HAZARDS FROM THE STRONGER CORES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29035.





...EVANS

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