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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 153

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

925 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southwest Texas



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 925 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms will likely continue to develop late this evening

into the overnight across portions of the Watch area.  The stronger

storms will pose a large hail and severe gust threat.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

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

of Abilene TX to 45 miles east southeast of Dryden TX. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 149...WW 150...WW

151...WW 152...



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

24035.



...Smith