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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 175

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

510 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northeast Texas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 510 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A band of storms ahead of a cold front and on the west

edge of an outflow boundary will be in a zone supportive of

supercells with the potential to produce a couple of tornadoes,

along with isolated large hail and damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

east and west of a line from 15 miles northwest of Paris TX to 40

miles southeast of Corsicana TX. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 174...



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 550. Mean

storm motion vector 22020.



...Thompson

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