Severe Thunderstorm Watch 49

Issued

Mar 18, 2016, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Counties Brooks County, TX, Duval County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Starr County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 242Mar 18, 7:34 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 244Mar 19, 12:34 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 245Mar 19, 2:38 AM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 49
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1110 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1110 PM
  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...AN ORGANIZED NORTH-SOUTH BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE.  STRONGEST PORTIONS OF THE LINE WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST
OF ALICE TEXAS TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF ALICE TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

&&

AVIATION...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 27040.


...GOSS

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2016Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2016

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.