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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 90

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Northern and western Louisiana

  Central and east Texas



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 125 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Supercells posing a threat for very large hail and a

couple of tornadoes should gradually increase in coverage and

intensity this afternoon as they spread east-northeastward.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 30 miles west northwest of College

Station TX to 35 miles north northeast of Alexandria LA. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Gleason