Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation 20:45:43.7932

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER
University Operations Center (UOC)

This is an automatically generated special information alert from the UT Tyler Office of Emergency Management:

WWUS20 KWNS 310148
SEL6
SPC WW 310148
TXZ000-310700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 96
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
850 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF SHERMAN TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WORTH TEXAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 95...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS CONTINUE TO BACKBUILD SWWD INTO NCNTRL TX THIS
EVE ALONG A CDFNT/DRYLINE COLLISION. CAP WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
THROUGH THE EVENING AND TSTMS SHOULD DEVELOP ESEWD ACROSS
NCNTRL/NERN TX. STEEP MID-LVL LAPSE RATES AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR
VALUES IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS WILL FAVOR LARGE HAIL. DMGG WIND GUSTS
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27035.

...RACY/HART

P. Low/UOC
END OF ALERT