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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 715
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST THU DEC 26 2024
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1135 AM UNTIL
700 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING, AND STORMS WILL
SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STORM ENVIRONMENT
WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL TORNADOES, INCLUDING A STRONG
(EF2+) TORNADO OR TWO, ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL OF 1-2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER AND ISOLATED SEVERE OUTFLOW GUSTS OF 60-70 MPH.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN TX TO 15 MILES
WEST OF HOUSTON TX. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 714...
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 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.
...THOMPSON
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