Tornado Watch 175

Issued

Apr 29, 2017, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

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

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 594Apr 29, 2:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 600Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 601Apr 29, 8:57 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 602Apr 29, 9:38 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 175
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
510 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Northeast Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 510 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...A band of storms ahead of a cold front and on the west
edge of an outflow boundary will be in a zone supportive of
supercells with the potential to produce a couple of tornadoes,
along with isolated large hail and damaging winds.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles
east and west of a line from 15 miles northwest of Paris TX to 40
miles southeast of Corsicana TX. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 174...

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 550. Mean
storm motion vector 22020.

...Thompson

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2017Every tornado watch in 2017

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.