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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 96

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

425 PM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central Texas



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 425 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are developing across parts of central Texas

in a moist and moderately unstable environment.  These storms may

pose a risk of large hail and damaging winds through the late

afternoon and evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 135 miles west

southwest of Temple TX to 40 miles east of Temple 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 94...WW 95...



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

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

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

26030.



...Hart