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From KHOU-TV's Dr. Neil Frank & Reliant Energy W.A.R.N. :
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WWUS20 KWNS 262036

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 825

STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001



THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



   SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

   SOUTHEAST TEXAS

   ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 800

PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST

OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS TO 45

MILES NORTH OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA.



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 824...



DISCUSSION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS AREA...BUT NOW

SEE DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 40 KT OR GREATER MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL TX

TOWARDS AREA.  THIS WILL INCREASE VERTICAL SHEAR AND TORNADO

POTENTIAL IN ALREADY VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





..MCCARTHY



;314,0915 293,0933 293,0960 314,0942;



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