WW 90 TORNADO LA TX 081825Z – 090100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 90
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
125 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northern and western Louisiana
Central and east Texas
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 125 PM until
800 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Supercells posing a threat for very large hail and a
couple of tornadoes should gradually increase in coverage and
intensity this afternoon as they spread east-northeastward.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
north and south of a line from 30 miles west northwest of College
Station TX to 35 miles north northeast of Alexandria LA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24035.
...Gleason
