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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS GULF COASTAL PLAIN

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

BEEVILLE TEXAS TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 187...WW 188...



DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED...WEAKLY-ROTATING SUPERCELL ASSOCIATED WITH

LOOSELY-ORGANIZED E TX MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING GENERALLY NE

THROUGH THE HOUSTON AREA INTO SE TX. A SIMILAR STORM OR TWO ALSO

COULD FORM FARTHER SW NEAR INFLECTION ALONG THE MCS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY

IN THE AREA N OF CRP. MODEST SWLY DEEP SHEAR COUPLED WITH CONTINUED

SFC HEATING OF VERY MOIST INFLOW AIR SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR

OCCASIONAL WET MICROBURSTS AND A COUPLE TORNADOES THROUGH EARLY

TNGT.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24015.





...CORFIDI

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