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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 57

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

625 AM CDT Thu Mar 21 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Middle Texas Coastal Plain

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 625 AM until

  100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage/intensity this

morning while spreading east and northeastward near the middle Texas

Coast.  A couple of slightly elevated supercells will be possible,

with the potential to produce 1-2 inch diameter hail and isolated

damaging gusts near 60 mph.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

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

Victoria TX to 45 miles northwest of Angleton TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 50 knots. A

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

26020.



...Thompson