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Tornado watches are issued by the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. The warnings are typically issued for large areas, sometimes spanning multiple counties and/or states.
Tornado watch: Tornadoes are possible and residents should be alert. ... This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: North Texas braces for severe thunderstorms, ...
A tornado crosses a field in Katy, Texas, on Dec. 28, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.
The outlook included a 45% significant tornado area that was introduced at 1630Z (the first instance of a 45% area being added prior to the 20Z outlook), which is above the minimum threshold for a high risk. It also produced the first known watch (PDS tornado watch 235) with a >95% probability for all severe and significant severe hazards. [274]
PDS tornado watches are issued when there is a significantly higher than normal risk of multiple EF2 or stronger tornadoes – especially those that are predicted to be long-track in nature, with path lengths of more than 20 miles – in the watch area (usually amounting to damage consistent with EF4 or EF5 tornadoes at maximum), in addition to ...
High risk convective outlook issued by the Storm Prediction center at 13:00 UTC on May 6. Starting April 30, the Storm Prediction Center noted that certain models, including the ECMWF, forecasted a multi-day period of high instability and supportive wind shear across the Southern and Central Plains, [10] and by May 1, a 15% risk was added across Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. [11]
Tornado watches were in place for parts of southeast Texas, as well as west central and southwest Louisiana until 2 a.m. local time Friday. Houston, ...
Severe weather means there is a potential for hail, damaging winds, more than an inch of rain and a shot at an isolated tornado. The NWS issued a Tornado Watch until 7 p.m. for 21 counties.