URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 799
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   210 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002
   
   THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   
      SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA                          
      CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS                              
      COASTAL WATERS                     
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL 800
   PM CST.
   
    ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
    
   DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
   THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
   POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF VICTORIA TEXAS TO
   15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA.
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
   NUMBER 798.  WATCH NUMBER 798 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 210 PM
   CST.
   
   DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNDERWAY
   ACROSS SERN TX AND INTO SWRN LA. STRONG VEERING SHEAR PROFILES AND
   MUCAPES TO 2500 J/KG ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR FORMATION OF TORNADIC
   SUPERCELLS VICINTY AND S OF WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS EWD FROM
   SURFACE LOW E OF AUS TO CENTRAL LA.  
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...HALES