Compact News: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

Saturday, October 23, 2010

NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

SPC Tornado Watch 706
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:15:02 -0500

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 706 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 515 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TYLER 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. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 704...WW 705... DISCUSSION...BAND OF STORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EWD/NEWD ACROSS NE TX...IN ADVANCE OF AN EJECTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL TX. THOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TOWARD THE LA/TX BORDER...INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL SHEAR WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR A TORNADO OR TWO...AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS...FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...THOMPSON

SPC Tornado Watch 706 Status Reports
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:15:11 -0500

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0706 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 705 Status Reports
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:26:14 -0500

  STATUS FOR WATCH 0705 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET

SPC Tornado Watch 704 Status Reports
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:42:04 -0500

  STATUS REPORT ON WW 704  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 SSE BWD TO 45 NW DEQ.  ..STOPPKOTTE..10/23/10  ATTN...WFO...OUN...TSA...FWD...SJT...EWX...   STATUS REPORT FOR WT 704   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   TXC001-027-035-053-099-119-139-145-161-213-217-223-231-251-257- 277-281-289-293-299-309-331-349-379-395-397-467-232240-  TX  .    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE  ANDERSON             BELL                BOSQUE               BURNET               CORYELL             DELTA                ELLIS                FALLS               FREESTONE            HENDERSON            HILL                HOPKINS              HUNT                 JOHNSON             KAUFMAN              LAMAR                LAMPASAS            LEON                 LIMESTONE            LLANO               MCLENNAN             MILAM                NAVARRO             RAINS                ROBERTSON            ROCKWALL            VAN ZANDT              THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.

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