Severe Thunderstorm Watc h for Parts of Texas

[simplykristi]

Hi All,
Here's a severe thund3erstorm watch for parts of Texas:

SEL3

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 143
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

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

SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF
DALLAS TEXAS TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HONDO TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 141...WW 142...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE NEXT HOUR ALONG
DRYLINE EXTENDING NNE/SSW THROUGH CNTRL TX AS SURFACE HEATING AND
GRADUAL EWD PROGRESSION OF MID LEVEL THERMAL GRADIENT ASSOCIATED
WITH CO/NM UPPER TROUGH FURTHER DESTABILIZE REGION. LARGELY
UNIDIRECTIONAL DEEP WIND PROFILES AND LARGELY LINEAR FORCING SUGGEST
FAIRLY RAPID EVOLUTION TO LINE SEGMENTS...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND AND...PERHAPS...A BRIEF TORNADO EARLY
IN STORM LIFE CYCLES.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 22030.

[ColdFront77]

[Shoshana]

Updated

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 148
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

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

EASTERN AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM UNTIL
500 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF TYLER TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 143. WATCH NUMBER 143 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 1045 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 145...WW 146...WW
147...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER
CENTRAL TX. AS STRONG UPPER JET AND MID LEVEL COOLING SPREAD EWD
ACROSS TX OVERNIGHT...EXPECT SEVERE STORMS TO BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD. STORMS POSSIBLY DEVELOPING INTO SHORT LINES/BOWS AS
THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD INTO A MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24030.


...HALES

[AirmaN]

Those are some pretty icky looking cells! Stay safe down there!

[Shoshana]

TY. Not a watch for us anymore..

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the following counties...
Travis
Hays
Comal

* until 115 am CDT

* at 1205 am CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
severe thunderstorm capable of producing large damaging hail up to
Golf Ball size. This storm was located 8 miles west of Fischer...
and moving northeast at 40 mph.

* Other locations in the warning include Wimberley... Woodcreek...
Driftwood... Buda... Tanglewood Forest... Onion Creek... West Lake
Hills... Rollingwood... Austin... Bergstrom and Garfield.

Lat... Lon 3008 9766 2988 9828 2986 9835 2987 9838
2994 9842 3004 9829 3007 9829 3010 9826
3037 9762 3036 9759 3020 9752

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