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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 186

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

105 PM CDT Sun May 5 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  South-central Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 105 PM until

  700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will likely continue to develop

through the early and mid afternoon across the Watch area.  Ample

high-level flow and a moist and unstable airmass will support

organized storms, including supercells and multicells.  Large to

very large hail and severe gusts will be the primary hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 85 miles west northwest

of Cotulla TX to 35 miles north northeast of Palacios TX. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

27025.



...Smith