NWS Dallas/Fort Worth Product Guide - Watch Redefining Statement Frame

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" bgcolor="#ff0000"> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td align="left"><span class="white">National Weather Service</span></td> <td align="right"><span class="white">Dallas/Fort Worth</span></td> <td width="10"> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" width="98%"> <tr> <td><div align="center"><br><h3>Watch Redefining Statement</h3>(SLS, WWUS32)</div> <h4>Definition</h4> 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.<br><br> 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.<br><br> The <b>Watch Redefining Statement</b> provides a list of counties that <b>ARE</b> included in the watch. This product is issued by the NWS forecast office in Fort Worth for all counties in Texas. <h4>Example</h4> <div align="center"><table width="430" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#eaeaea"> <tr> <td><pre> 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</pre></td> </tr> </table></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">NWS Dallas/Fort Worth: <a href="../fwd/">Home</a> | <a href="../fwd/forecast.htm">Forecasts</a> | <a href="../fwd/currentwx.html">Current Weather</a> | <a href="http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html">Radar</a> | <a href="http://204.185.136.10/awc/aviation_weather_center.html">Aviation</a> | <a href="../fwd/skywarn.html">Preparedness</a><br> <a href="../fwd/lakes.htm">Hydrology & River Info</a> | <a href="../fwd/radio.html">NOAA Weather Radio</a> | <a href="../fwd/ntexclima.html">Climat Data</a> </td> </tr> <tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#000000"> <tr align="center"> <td width="2%"> </td> <td align="left" width="30%"><b><span class="white">Watch Redefining Statement</span></b></td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('fb')" onmouseout="inact('fb')" href="severef.htm"><img src="../images/fboff.gif" alt="Severe Weather Introduction" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="fb"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('b')" onmouseout="inact('b')" href="swof.htm"><img src="../images/boff.gif" alt="Convective Outlooks" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="b"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="6%"><a onmouseover="act('co')" onmouseout="inact('co')" href="../contents.htm"><img src="../images/cooff.gif" alt="Table of Contents" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="co"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('f')" onmouseout="inact('f')" href="svrf.htm"><img src="../images/foff.gif" alt="Severe Thunderstorm Warning" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="f"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('ff')" onmouseout="inact('ff')" href="../winter/winterf.htm"><img src="../images/ffoff.gif" alt="Winter Weather" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="ff"></a></td> <td align="right" width="30%"><b><span class="white">Severe Weather Products</span></b></td> <td width="2%"> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </body>