Tornado Watch 46

Issued

Apr 6, 2004, 7:55 AM CDT (12:55 UTC)

Expired

Apr 6, 2004, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 275Apr 6, 7:39 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 276Apr 6, 9:29 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 277Apr 6, 10:27 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 278Apr 6, 12:52 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
755 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004

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

       MIDDLE TEXAS GULF COAST
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 755 AM UNTIL 100
PM CDT.

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 65 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BEEVILLE TEXAS TO 60
MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION 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...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY AHEAD
OF OLD CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR. 
VEERING SHEAR PROFILES AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS ALONG WITH TORNADO POTENTIAL.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.


...HALES

291,0983 304,0961 291,0950 274,0972

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2004Every tornado watch in 2004

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.