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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 13

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

530 PM CST Fri Feb 2 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  West-central and western North Texas



* Effective this Friday afternoon from 530 PM until Midnight CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will initially be focused across

western north Texas, with a further increase in storm coverage and

intensity across the Big Country and Edwards Plateau vicinities this

evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles south southwest

of Hondo TX to 100 miles north of Abilene TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

25025.



...Guyer