Tornado Watch 103

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 103
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1210 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1210 PM UNTIL
600 PM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF HOUSTON
TEXAS TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ALICE TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER AN INTENSITY AS
UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES SRN TX. AIRMASS IS MDTLY UNSTABLE WITH
FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR PROFILES FOR SUPERCELLS. IN ADDITION TO
LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.
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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.
...HALES
TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARANSAS AUSTIN BEE
BRAZORIA CALHOUN COLORADO
DEWITT DUVAL FORT BEND
GALVESTON GOLIAD HARRIS
JACKSON JIM WELLS KARNES
KLEBERG LAVACA LIVE OAK
MATAGORDA MCMULLEN NUECES
REFUGIO SAN PATRICIO VICTORIA
WALLER WHARTON
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