WW 554 TORNADO TX 250025Z – 250500Z
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.
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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.
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