Tornado Watch 302

Issued

Jun 16, 2015, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1034Jun 16, 3:06 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1037Jun 16, 6:38 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1041Jun 16, 10:50 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 161759
SEL2  
SPC WW 161759
TXZ000-CWZ000-170500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 100 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
  CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME
CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...EXPECTED TO INCREASE NEAR AND EAST OF TRACK
OF TROPICAL STORM BILL THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AS THAT SYSTEM TRACKS
GENERALLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
AUSTIN TEXAS TO 30 MILES EAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 15035.


...CORFIDI

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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.