Tornado Watch 805

Issued

Nov 23, 2000, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2000, 4:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 805
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
936 PM CST THU NOV 23 2000

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

SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS                              
AND THE MIDDLE/UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM UNTIL
400 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 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEVILLE TEXAS TO 65 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON 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 804.  WATCH NUMBER 804 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000 PM
CST.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TX ARE MOVING E/ESEWD
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM NEAR COT TO E OF AUS...
AND THE SRN PART OF THE DEVELOPING COMMA CLOUD OVER TX.  DEEP LAYER
WIND PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY IN
THE AREA FROM COT TO VCT WHERE SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY IS
GREATEST.  LARGE HAIL AND A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE
MOST INTENSE STORMS...AS WELL AS AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO.

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 27040.

...THOMPSON/CORFIDI

280,0992 303,0970 303,0942 280,0964

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.