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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 169

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 950 AM

  UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RISK FOR

TORNADOES...AND AN EASTWARD-MOVING LINE OF STORMS WEST WITH A RISK

OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND BRIEF TORNADOES...WILL AFFECT PARTS OF

SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

ALICE TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF AUSTIN 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.



&&



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22025.





...CORFIDI

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246 

WWUS20 KWNS 131450

SEL9

SPC WW 131450

TXZ000-CWZ000-132200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 169

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 950 AM

  UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RISK FOR

TORNADOES...AND AN EASTWARD-MOVING LINE OF STORMS WEST WITH A RISK

OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND BRIEF TORNADOES...WILL AFFECT PARTS OF

SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

ALICE TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF AUSTIN 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.



&&



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22025.





...CORFIDI

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