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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 18

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

900 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southeast Texas



* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 900 AM until

  300 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A few supercells are expected to spread eastward across

southeast Texas through early afternoon along a surface cold front. 

The storm environment will favor isolated very large hail (up to 2.5

inches in diameter), damaging winds to 70 mph, and a couple of

tornadoes with these storms.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles

north and south of a line from 35 miles south southwest of College

Station TX to 110 miles east of Huntsville 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 16...WW 17...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 26035.



...Thompson