NWS Dallas/Fort Worth Product Guide - Watch Redefining Statement

Watch Redefining Statement

(SLS, WWUS32)

Definition

A rewording of the tornado or severe thunderstorm watch area. It is expressed in terms of whole counties and, in the case of coastal areas, adjoining lake and/or coastal waters between well known landmarks. Cities or well known geographic landmarks within a state may be included.

Generally, if any portion of a county is covered by a watch box, then the entire county is considered to be included in the watch. However, each local NWS forecast office affected by the watch has the option to add or delete counties it believes will or will not experience severe weather. This is typically along the border of the watchbox where only a small fraction of the county is covered by the watch box.

The Watch Redefining Statement provides a list of counties that ARE included in the watch. This product is issued by the NWS forecast office in Fort Worth for all counties in Texas.

Example

WWUS32 KFTW 272240
SLSTX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
AREAL OUTLINE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 379
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
540 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES...

TXC139-147-231-257-349-397-280400-
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES...

   ELLIS         FANNIN        HUNT         KAUFMAN
   NAVARRO       ROCKWALL


TXCO37-063-067-119-159-183-203-213-223-277-315-343-365-379-387-401-
423-449-459-467-499-280400-
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES...

   BOWIE         CAMP          CASS         DELTA
   FRANKLIN      GREGG         HARRISON     HENDERSON
   HOPKINS       LAMAR         MARION       MORRIS
   PANOLA        RAINS         RED RIVER    RUSK
   SMITH         TITUS         UPSHUR       VAN ZANDT
   WOOD