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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 115
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1250 AM UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN
   TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF ALICE TEXAS.
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
   TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 114...
   
   DISCUSSION...LARGE COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EWD
   ACROSS SCENTRAL TX INTO A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS. 
   INDICATIONS ARE COMPLEX IS FORMING A COLD POOL WHICH WILL INCREASE
   WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS STORMS MOVE EWD.
   
   AVIATION...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 27030.
   
   
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