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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 179

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

330 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southwest Texas



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 330 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered severe thunderstorms are

forecast to develop this afternoon into the evening.  Supercells

will be the preferred thunderstorm type.  The stronger storms will

be capable of a risk for large to giant hail and severe gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90

statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles west northwest

of San Angelo TX to 70 miles southwest of Del Rio TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 178...



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

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

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

27020.



...Smith