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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 170

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  West Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 125 PM

  until 900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 80 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify this afternoon along the

dryline, tracking eastward through the early evening.  Very large

hail and damaging winds are possible, along with an isolated tornado

or two.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast

of Big Spring TX to 40 miles southwest of Dryden TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

25030.



...Hart