Tornado Watch 804

Issued

Nov 23, 2000, 7:30 PM CST (01:30 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2000, 1:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 804
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
705 PM CST THU NOV 23 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM UNTIL
100 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TO 25
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WACO 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.

DISCUSSION...MID LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE E/ESEWD TOWARD
CENTRAL TX.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT REACHES THE LOW-
LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL/SE TX.  THE INITIAL
SEVERE THREATS SHOULD BE ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...
WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF SUPERCELLS/ISOLATED TORNADOES LATER
TONIGHT ACROSS ERN PARTS OF WATCH AREA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.

...THOMPSON/CORFIDI

291,0992 315,0983 315,0953 291,0962

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2000Every tornado watch in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.