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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 114

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

425 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West and Northwest Texas



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 425 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Widely scattered severe storms including supercells are

expected through the evening across a broad part of west/northwest

Texas including the South Plains, Low Rolling Plains and Permian

Basin. Large hail is the primary hazard, but a tornado and/or

severe-caliber winds are also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles west northwest

of Childress TX to 85 miles southwest of San Angelo 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 111...WW 112...WW 113...



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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

24025.



...Guyer

