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WW 646 TORNADO TX CW 191835Z - 200600Z AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE.. 25NNE CRP/CORPUS CHRISTI TX/ - 35S MFE/MCALLEN TX/ ..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /14NNE CRP - 48WSW BRO/ HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS. MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 11035. THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS FOR WOU6.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 646
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

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

SOUTH TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 135 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF MCALLEN TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 645...

DISCUSSION...BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE S TX AS
HURRICANE EMILY APPROACHES THE NERN COASTAL AREA OF MEXICO.
EMBEDDED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANDS OF
STORMS.

THE FORECAST MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS AND MEAN CELL MOTION APPLY TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE EYEWALL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 11035.