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Tornado Watch 90
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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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.

   &&

   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
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