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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 80
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WW0080 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 80
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   345 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS COASTAL PLAIN
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON TEXAS TO 70 MILES WEST OF ANGLETON TEXAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 79...
   
   DISCUSSION...GIVEN PERSISTENT MOIST LOW-LVL INFLOW AND EXPECTED
   INCREASE IN UPR-LVL DIVERGENCE WITH THE CONTINUED ENE MOVEMENT OF
   NRN MEXICO UPR IMPULSE...SCTD...SUSTAINED...DISCRETE STORMS EXPECTED
   TO CONTINUE FORMING INVOF DIFFUSE WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE ERN
   PARTS OF THE TX HILL COUNTRY SE TO NEAR BAY CITY ON THE MIDDLE TX
   GULF CST. THESE STORMS MAY POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY
   DMGG WIND...AND MAY SLOWLY MERGE INTO A SMALL MCS LATER THIS EVE. IN
   ADDITION...35 KT WSWLY DEEP SHEAR AND BACKED LOW-LVL WINDS MAY
   PROMOTE LOW-LVL STORM ROTATION AND A CONDITIONAL TORNADO RISK.
   ATTM...MODEST STRENGTH OF 850-700 MB FLOW EXPECTED TO LIMIT
   HODOGRAPH SIZE AND TORNADO POTENTIAL...BUT ENVIRONMENT AND STORM
   BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE WW UPGRADE THROUGH THE EVE.
   
   AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26020.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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