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Tornado Watch 14
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WW0014 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   320 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 320 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 85 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF ALICE TEXAS
   TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF WACO 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 13...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERAL BANDS/CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SVR TSTMS EXPECTED
   OVER PARTS CNTRL AND E TX THROUGH THIS MORNING AS WIND FIELD AND UPR
   DIFFLUENCE STRENGTHEN IN NE QUADRANT OF W TX UPR LOW.  AS THE LOW
   CONTINUES SLOWLY EWD...ASSOCIATED MID/UPR LVL JET STREAK WILL REFORM
   ON ERN SIDE OF SYSTEM.  COUPLED WITH INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW-LVL
   CONFLUENT FLOW OVER THE NWRN GULF AND THE SRN/MIDDLE TX CSTL
   PLN...SETUP MAY FOSTER AN INCREASING RISK FOR STORMS WITH LOW-LVL
   MESOS GIVEN LIKELY PERSISTENCE OF SELY NEAR-SFC FLOW.
   THE WRN-MOST SQLN...NOW EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 40 W TPL TO NEAR COT
   SHOULD CONTINUE STEADILY EWD...EFFECTIVELY MARKING WRN EDGE OF RISK
   AREA.  BAND OF STORMS E OF THAT SQLN...ATTM EXTENDING SSWWD FROM E
   OF AUS...IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WIND
   PROFILES AND THERMODYNAMICS SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED
   LEWPS WITH DMGG WIND/ISOLD TORNADOES.  TORNADOES ALSO WILL BE
   POSSIBLE WITH ANY DISCRETE CELLS THAT ARISE LATER THIS MORNING IN
   CONFLUENT FLOW FARTHER E TOWARD THE VCT/HOU AREAS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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