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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 184

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

230 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southwest Texas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to

    4.5 inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Widely scattered to scattered thunderstorms are forecast

to develop and intensify rapidly this afternoon.  Large to giant

hail will accompany the more intense supercells.  As the stronger

supercells move east into richer low-level moisture in the Pecos

Valley, a greater risk for a few tornadoes is forecast.  The risk

for a strong tornado may maximize during the late afternoon to early

evening timeframe.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest of Fort

Stockton TX to 15 miles north of Junction TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 183...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 4.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 26025.



...Smith