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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 526

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

255 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 255 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE GRADUALLY INCREASING AS

ROTATING CELLS MOVE INLAND FROM THE GULF...AND ADDITIONAL STORMS

PERSIST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN ALREADY INLAND.

SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1905 FOR METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF ANGLETON TEXAS

TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21025.





...EDWARDS

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