A tornado watch has been issued for the Texas Coastal Plains and portions of Southeast Texas until 10 PM. Corpus Christi, Victoria, El Campo, Houston, and Galveston are a few cities included in this watch. Low level wind shear is increasing as the remenents of Patricia move closer to the region. A couple of brief tornadoes are expected through tonight. Many tropical tornadoes tend to happen quickly with little in the way of warning. The good news is they also tend to be weak and short-lived – but are still dangerous.
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 520
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
240 PM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
COASTAL TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY…RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE REMNANT CENTER OF
HURRICANE PATRICIA EMERGES INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE
PRIMARY RISK WILL BE ALONG COASTAL COUNTIES…LASTING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI
TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON TEXAS. 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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