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.