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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 91

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

525 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northwest Texas



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 525 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will increase in coverage and

intensity this afternoon, with isolated supercells expected.  The

strongest storms will pose a risk of very large hail and damaging

wind gusts.  An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north of Big

Spring TX to 75 miles northeast of Abilene TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 90...



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

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

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

26030.



...Hart