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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 66

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

230 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Parts of central and northwest Texas



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered severe storms are expected to form this

afternoon along a dryline in west central Texas, and storms will

spread east-northeastward through this evening.  Supercells with

very large hail (2-3 inch diameter) and isolated damaging gusts

(60-70 mph) will be the main threats.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest

of Mineral Wells TX to 35 miles east of San Angelo 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 64...WW 65...



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

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

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

24040.



...Thompson