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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 885

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

900 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN TEXAS

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 900 AM UNTIL

400 PM CST.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 105

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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...CONTINUE...WW 884...



DISCUSSION...AS UPPER WAVE SHIFTS EWD THROUGH SRN TX AND AIR MASS

CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY

THROUGH THE DAY. ELEVATED STORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEASTERN TX WILL HAVE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR SEVERE HAIL THE

NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AS THE AIR MASS CONTINUES WARMING...THE WIND

THREAT SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON.



AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...IMY

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