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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 56

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1035 PM CDT Sat Mar 16 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  southern Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1035 PM

  until 600 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms west of the Rio Grande will spread eastward

into southern portions of Texas over the next couple of hours. 

Large hail will be the primary threat with these storms, though a

few locally severe/damaging wind gusts will also be possible --

particularly across the more southern portions of the WW.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

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

of Cotulla TX to 70 miles south southwest of Alice 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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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.



...Goss