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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 98

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

835 PM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central and South Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 835 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to rapidly develop this evening

along a dryline and track eastward across the watch area.  Intense

supercells and bowing storms capable of very large hail and damaging

winds are possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north of New

Braunfels TX to 70 miles south southwest of Alice TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 95...WW 96...WW 97...



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

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

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

25035.



...Hart