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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 177

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

305 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northwest and West Central Texas



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 305 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to rapidly intensify this

afternoon along a dryline, tracking slowly eastward across the watch

area.  Very large hail and damaging winds will be possible with

these storms.  A tornado or two is also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 130 miles north of

Abilene TX to 90 miles south southwest of Brownwood TX. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

28025.



...Hart