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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 724

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

515 PM CST Sat Dec 23 2023



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  West and Southwest Texas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 515 PM until

  1100 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop

through early evening and spread generally east-northeastward this

evening, with the strongest storms capable of hail and gusty winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of Big

Spring TX to 25 miles west southwest of Dryden TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

25025.



...Guyer