SEVERE STORM WATCH 10PM CDT TX 2 Hail & 70mph wind see maps livewxradar URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 38...RESENT NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 355 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTSVILLE TEXAS TO 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 36...WW 37... DISCUSSION...AN LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL TX WILL TRACK EASTWARD AND AFFECT SOUTHEAST TX THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE ACTIVITY TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29035. ...HART
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