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Tornado Watch 165
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WW0165 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 165
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   955 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST TEXAS
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 955 AM UNTIL
   400 PM CDT.
   
   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 55 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   LUFKIN TEXAS TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PALACIOS TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 164...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING
   WITHIN BROAD REGION OF CONVECTION OVER EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
   TX.  VAD PROFILE FROM HGX VERIFIES THAT SUBSTANTIAL LOW LEVEL
   VERTICAL SHEAR WILL PROMOTE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WITHIN
   THIS AREA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS STORMS MOVE
   SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD.
   
   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 24020.
   
   
   ...HART
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