Severe Thunderstorm Watch 21

Issued

Feb 16, 2001, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)

Expired

Feb 16, 2001, 7:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 21
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
148 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   EAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 200 AM UNTIL 700 AM CST.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
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 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF COLLEGE
STATION TEXAS TO 75 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN 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.

DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN
AREAL COVERAGE OVER MUCH FO CENTRAL TX...PRIMARILY ALONG AND BEHIND
SURFACE COLD FRONT.  SQUALL LINE MAY FORM ALONG FRONT IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS AS STRONG UPPER DYNAMICS SPREAD EASTWARD INTO REGION. 
STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS AND MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS INDICATE THE
THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN STRONGER CELLS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. 
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 24040.

...HART

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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.