000 WWUS84 KCRP 120057 SPSCRP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 757 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2007 TXZ229>231-239-120230- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-WEBB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...TILDEN... GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO 757 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2007 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR LA SALLE...MCMULLEN AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES... WHILE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS REMAINED NORTH OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTY WARNING AREA...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MEXICO AND THE BIG BEND REGION OF TEXAS EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH DAYTIME HEATING WILL HELP TO SLIGHTLY STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS TO MAINTAIN THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY APPROACH THE WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AS THEY APPROACH THE AREA. SINCE THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LATER TONIGHT...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. ALTHOUGH THINGS REMAIN QUIET EARLY THIS EVENING OVER LA SALLE... WEBB...MCMULLEN AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES...RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION BY MONITORING THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ GW