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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 880
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   135 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL 700
   PM CST.
   
   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 ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE
   OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TO 25 MILES
   NORTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.
   
   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 879. WATCH NUMBER 879 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 135
   PM CST. 
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG/ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE TO DEVELOP VICINITY E/W BOUNDARY.  LOW LEVEL SHEAR ALONG
   WITH MDT INSTABILITY SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADO
   POTENTIAL.
   
   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
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES