STORM2K

TORNADO WATCH
AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
532 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2004

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 30 COUNTIES...

TXC015-039-041-051-071-089-157-167-185-199-201-225-239-241-245-291-
313-321-339-351-361-373-407-455-457-471-473-477-481-250600-
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 29 COUNTIES...

AUSTIN BRAZORIA BRAZOS BURLESON
CHAMBERS COLORADO FORT BEND GALVESTON
GRIMES HARDIN HARRIS HOUSTON
JACKSON JASPER JEFFERSON LIBERTY
MADISON MATAGORDA MONTGOMERY NEWTON
ORANGE POLK SAN JACINTO TRINITY
TYLER WALKER WALLER WASHINGTON
WHARTON

This includes me and our friends in Houston area.

SEL1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
525 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 525 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST OF PALACIOS TEXAS TO 25 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS.

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.




DISCUSSION...TAIL END OF LEAD SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW LIFTING NNEWD
ACROSS CENTRAL TX IS SUPPORTING INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHING SERN TX ATTM. THOUGH INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN LIMITED
WITH SBCAPES AT OR BELOW 1000 J/KG...DEEP ASCENT IS EXPECTED TO
SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO SERN TX WHERE THE GREATEST
INSTABILITY RESIDES. LOW LCL HEIGHTS AND VERY STRONG SHEAR IN THE
LOW TO MID TROPOSPHERE WARRANT A RISK OF TORNADOES SHOULD ACTIVITY
BECOME ROOTED IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...EVANS

Definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Stay safe everyone

Jim