WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 286

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 286
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

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

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 845 AM UNTIL
300 PM 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 55 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BRAUNFELS
TEXAS TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN 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.

DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS HAVE FORMED ALONG WEAK WSW/ENE ORIENTED
FRONT ALONG THE MIDDLE AND UPR TX CSTL PLN...IN ERN QUADRANT OF
QSTNRY UPR LOW. 20-25 KT LOW LVL SSELY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AIR /DEWPOINTS IN THE UPR 70S/ NWD INTO
FRONTAL ZONE. COUPLED WITH SFC HEATING AND MODERATELY STRONG SW MID
LVL FLOW ATTENDANT TO UPR LOW...SETUP MAY SUPPORT A FEW STORMS WITH
LOW LVL ROTATION/TORNADOES AND/OR LOCALLY DMGG WIND THROUGH MID
AFTN.

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 20025.

...CORFIDI

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