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Tornado Watch 741
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 741
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   710 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH TEXAS
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM
   UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALICE
   TEXAS TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 735. WATCH NUMBER 735 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   710 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 738...WW 739...WW 740...
   
   DISCUSSION...SOME THREAT STILL EXISTS FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES EITHER
   WITHIN THE REMNANT EYEWALL OF DOLLY OR WITHIN FEEDER BAND CONVECTION
   SPREADING ACROSS THE TX COAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONGEST
   LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL EXIST NEAR THE CENTER AND NORTH AND EAST OF THE
   TRACK FORECAST WHERE 50-70KT LOW LEVEL FLOW EXISTS IN THE LOWEST 1KM
   OF THE SURFACE. DESPITE GENERAL LACK OF PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS WITH
   LIGHTNING...GENERALLY LOW-TOPPED PERSISTENT CORES WITHIN VERY MOIST
   TROPICAL AIR MASS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES THROUGH EARLY
   THURSDAY.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 12025.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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