A tornado watch has been issued for North and portions of Central Texas until 10 PM. This watch includes Sherman, D/FW, Stephenville, and Waco. Storms are already firing up across the watch area due to a very weak cap. Unlike most days where we have to wait for the dryline storms today could fire up on old outflow boundaries or randomly where the cap breaks. The strongest storms could become severe with a threat of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts.
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 124 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 105 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN MULTIPLE BANDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND N CENTRAL TX. THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIALLY A FEW TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS. STORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF DALLAS TEXAS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE TEXAS. 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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