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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 52

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

630 AM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  The Edwards Plateau of Texas



* Effective this Friday morning from 630 AM until NOON CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Supercells may persist for a few hours this morning near a

slow-moving cold front.  Very large hail up to 2.5 inches in

diameter will be the main threat, though isolated damaging gusts of

60-70 mph and an isolated tornado may also occur.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northwest of

Junction TX to 80 miles southwest of Junction TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 51...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

27015.



...Thompson