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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 8

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

600 PM CST Sun Jan 15 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  central/north-central Texas



* Effective this Sunday night from 600 PM until Midnight CST.



* 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...Isolated supercells will be possible generally near the

I-35 corridor of central/north-central Texas this evening ahead of

an east/northeastward-moving squall line across west-central Texas.

Sufficient low-level moisture and shear will support the possibility

of a couple of tornadoes aside from damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 10 miles north northeast of Fort Worth

TX to 45 miles west of New Braunfels TX. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU8).



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 7...



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 24035.



...Guyer

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