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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 119/121
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
454 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 121 UNTIL
11 PM CDT THIS EVENING WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH
119. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN TEXAS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

COMANCHE              EASTLAND              ERATH                
PALO PINTO            STEPHENS              

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...CISCO...COMANCHE...
DE LEON...DUBLIN...EASTLAND...GORMAN...MINERAL WELLS...
RANGER AND STEPHENVILLE.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 121 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

BELL                  BOSQUE                CORYELL              
DALLAS                ELLIS                 FALLS                
HAMILTON              HILL                  HOOD                 
JOHNSON               LAMPASAS              LIMESTONE            
MCLENNAN              MILLS                 NAVARRO              
PARKER                SOMERVELL             TARRANT              

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...BRIAR...BURLESON...
CLEBURNE...CLIFTON...COPPERAS COVE...CORSICANA...DALLAS...ENNIS...
FORT HOOD...FORT WORTH...GATESVILLE...GLEN ROSE...GLENN HEIGHTS...
GOLDTHWAITE...GRANBURY...GROESBECK...HAMILTON...HICO...
HILLSBORO...KILLEEN...LAMPASAS...MARLIN...MERIDIAN...MEXIA...
MIDLOTHIAN...OAK TRAIL SHORES...TEMPLE...VALLEY MILLS...WACO...
WAXAHACHIE AND WEATHERFORD.

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TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
508 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 508 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR EL CAMPO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EGYPT...EL CAMPO...WHARTON AND PIERCE.
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Also those in Waco keep an eye on the outflow boundary up there. That could be a point of storm initiation later on.
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Impressive tornado warned supercell in Central Wharton County. If you are in E Wharton County and SW Ft Bend County please be aware of rapidly changing weather conditions.
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TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
529 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 529 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER PIERCE...OR NEAR EL CAMPO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL CAMPO...WHARTON...PIERCE AND BOLING-LAGO.
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0470
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0524 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEAST TEXAS

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 262224Z - 270000Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 PERCENT

SUMMARY...ALTHOUGH INTENSE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAY REMAIN
RELATIVELY LIMITED IN AREAL COVERAGE...IT PROBABLY WILL IMPACT
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE GREATER HOUSTON METRO AREA INTO EARLY
EVENING WITH A RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. FOR THIS REASON...A WW DOES
APPEAR POSSIBLE.

DISCUSSION...AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL WHICH HAS RECENTLY FORMED HAS
DONE SO IN THE PRESENCE OF THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES CHARACTERIZED BY
MODESTLY STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...HIGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
CONTENT AND SIZABLE CAPE. IT IS UNCLEAR IF ACTIVITY IS BEING
SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIVE MID/UPPER FORCING FOR UPWARD VERTICAL
MOTION...BUT IT APPEARS NEAR THE SUBTROPICAL JET AXIS...ALONG WHICH
DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS STRONG AND SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE IS MUCH FURTHER UPSCALE
CONVECTIVE GROWTH...THERE IS LITTLE REASON TO SUSPECT THAT ONGOING
ACTIVITY WILL NOT PERSIST AT LEAST ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS...LIKELY
IMPACTING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA
THROUGH 23-01Z. LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS ARE RATHER MODEST IN
SIZE...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION...IN
ADDITION TO THE RISK FOR SEVERE HAIL AND AT LEAST LOCALIZED STRONG
WIND GUSTS.

..KERR/THOMPSON.. 04/26/2015


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Tornado Watch issued for SE Texas.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 122
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   540 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

   TORNADO WATCH 122 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE
    FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

   TXC039-157-167-201-239-321-481-270300-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0122.150426T2240Z-150427T0300Z/

   TX 
   .    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

   BRAZORIA             FORT BEND           GALVESTON           
   HARRIS               JACKSON             MATAGORDA           
   WHARTON              


   GMZ330-335-350-355-270300-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0122.150426T2240Z-150427T0300Z/

   CW 

   .    ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

   MATAGORDA BAY 

   GALVESTON BAY 

   COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL TX OUT 20
   NM 

   COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT TX OUT 20 NM 

   ATTN...WFO...HGX...
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Looks like my area is in for a rough ride if that cell keeps tracking to the east.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
539 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015
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WHARTON TX-
539 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WHARTON COUNTY UNTIL 630
PM CDT...

AT 539 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WHARTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHARTON...EGYPT AND HUNGERFORD.
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 122
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
540 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL PLAIN
COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...ISOLATED SUPERCELL IN WHARTON COUNTY WILL LIKELY PERSIST
WHILE MOVING GENERALLY EWD/ESEWD TOWARD THE AREA IMMEDIATELY S OF
HOUSTON. THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN
SUPERCELL STRUCTURES...WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR ISOLATED VERY
LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH A TORNADO OR TWO FOR THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
PALACIOS TEXAS TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
551 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENDLETON...OR 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF WHARTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...ROSENBERG...STAFFORD...RICHMOND...
PECAN GROVE...FIRST COLONY...FRESNO...NEEDVILLE...ARCOLA...IOWA
COLONY...PLEAK...FAIRCHILDS...BEASLEY...KENDLETON...BONNEY...
THOMPSONS...BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK...NEW TERRITORY AND GREATWOOD.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
551 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENDLETON...OR 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF WHARTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...ROSENBERG...STAFFORD...RICHMOND...
PECAN GROVE...FIRST COLONY...FRESNO...NEEDVILLE...ARCOLA...IOWA
COLONY...PLEAK...FAIRCHILDS...BEASLEY...KENDLETON...BONNEY...
THOMPSONS...BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK...NEW TERRITORY AND GREATWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE
STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER...
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...
AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INTO A BASEMENT...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
557 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

WHARTON TX-
557 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WHARTON COUNTY...

AT 557 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PIERCE...OR NEAR WHARTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL CAMPO...WHARTON...PIERCE AND BOLING-LAGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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Nickel size hail reported in Wharton.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
616 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOLING-LAGO...OR 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST COLUMBIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN SUGAR LAND...SOUTHERN MISSOURI CITY...NORTHWESTERN
ANGLETON...WEST COLUMBIA...NEEDVILLE...HOLIDAY LAKES...
FAIRCHILDS...BAILEY'S PRAIRIE...BONNEY...THOMPSONS...BRAZOS BEND
STATE PARK...SIENNA PLANTATION...BOLING-LAGO AND DAMON.
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Heads up Northern Harris and Southern Montgomery Counties. New cell developing well North of the SW Supercell.
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Update from Jeff:

SPC has issued a short fused Tornado Watch until 1000pm for the SE 1/3rd of SE TX.

Watch is in response to intense supercell that has developed over Wharton County. Radar has indicated low level rotation with this storm and law enforcement reported damage and 70mph winds near FM 96 and FM 961 in Wharton County along with penny size hail.

It is clear this cell has broken the cap releasing a very unstable surface layer with CAPES of 3500-4500 J/kg over the region. This storm is the only storm out there, but it is extremely intense and may produce a tornado with little or no warning.

Watching rear flanking outflow boundary from recent rear flank downdrafts on the backside of the supercell as radar is attempting to show some more development and this would become a rapid flash flood situation given increasing low level jet of 25-35 kts over top of low level boundary.
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0473
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0644 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS
OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 262344Z - 270145Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 PERCENT

SUMMARY...INCREASING STRONG/SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
DURING THE 01-03Z TIME FRAME...WITHIN A CORRIDOR SOUTH OF ONGOING
STORMS NEAR BROWNWOOD...THROUGH THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND ADJACENT RIO
GRANDE VALLEY.

DISCUSSION...BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE IS RETURNING NORTHWESTWARD ON
UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY INTO THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. THIS
WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING...WITH DESTABILIZATION BECOMING
MAXIMIZED ALONG AN AXIS OF ONGOING STRONGER SURFACE HEATING INTO THE
90S...FROM NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO TOWARD THE ABILENE AREA.

AS CAPE BECOMES INCREASINGLY LARGE IN THE PRESENCE OF THERMODYNAMIC
PROFILES CHARACTERIZED BY VERY STEEP LOW AND MID TROPOSPHERIC LAPSE
RATES...POTENTIAL FOR INTENSE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE. VARIOUS MODEL GUIDANCE... INCLUDING THE LATEST RAPID
REFRESH/HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH ...IS SUGGESTIVE THAT THIS
COULD OCCUR BY THE 01-03Z TIME...AIDED BY INCREASING FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES CLOSED LOW. DEEP LAYER
VERTICAL SHEAR BENEATH BROADLY CYCLONIC...50-70 KT 500 MB FLOW WILL
BE SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...INCLUDING
SUPERCELLS. LOW-LEVEL SHEAR MAY NOT BE PARTICULARLY STRONG...BUT
STRONGEST ACTIVITY PROBABLY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RISK FOR SEVERE
HAIL...SOME VERY LARGE...WITH AN INCREASING RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AS ACTIVITY BEGINS TO SPREAD EASTWARD LATER THIS EVENING.

..KERR/KERR.. 04/26/2015


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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
649 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
WEST CENTRAL GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK...OR
13 MILES NORTH OF WEST COLUMBIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHWESTERN LEAGUE CITY...SOUTHWESTERN FRIENDSWOOD...ALVIN...
ANGLETON...SANTA FE...HITCHCOCK...SOUTHERN MANVEL...WEST
COLUMBIA...DANBURY...IOWA COLONY...HOLIDAY LAKES...HILLCREST...
NORTHERN BAILEY'S PRAIRIE...LIVERPOOL...BONNEY...BRAZOS BEND STATE
PARK...CHOCOLATE BAYOU...ROSHARON AND DAMON.
Carla/Alicia/Jerry(In The Eye)/Michelle/Charley/Ivan/Dennis/Katrina/Rita/Wilma/Humberto/Ike/Harvey

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