URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 204
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
WACO TEXAS TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 200...WW 201...WW
202...WW 203...
DISCUSSION...SEVERE TSTM THREAT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE IN ASSOCIATED WITH A BAND OF CONFLUENCE
ACROSS EASTERN TX...IN ADDITION TO INCREASING DEEP CONVECTION IN
VICINITY OF THE CENTRAL TX/HILL COUNTRY DRYLINE. STRONG INSTABILITY
COUPLED WITH THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF STRONGER FLOW ALOFT WILL
SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.Monday, April 25, 2011
April 25: Tornado Watch #2
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