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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