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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 158
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
225 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  East Texas

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to intensify and spread slowly
eastward across the watch area this afternoon.  A few storms may
become supercellular, posing a risk of large hail, damaging wind
gusts, and a few tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
east and west of a line from 30 miles west of Victoria TX to 25
miles west northwest of Longview TX. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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.

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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 25035.

...Hart