Tornado Watch 554

Issued

Oct 24, 2022, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)

Expired

Oct 25, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1892 Severe thunderstorm watch 553Oct 24, 6:41 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1893 Severe potential...watch likelyOct 24, 6:48 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1895 Tornado watch 554Oct 24, 9:34 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 250021
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 554
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
725 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Central to east-central Texas

* Effective this Monday night from 725 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A discrete supercell or two may persist along a
west/east-oriented outflow boundary, while a broader squall line
likely expands and accelerates east across central into east-central
Texas through the rest of this evening.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of Austin TX to 45
miles north of Huntsville TX. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 553...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 26045.

...Grams

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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.