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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 96

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

925 PM CDT Tue Mar 28 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Much of north central, central and south central Texas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 925 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Isolated storms may persist for a couple of hours across

the Edwards Plateau, but a squall line moving west-to-east will pose

the primary risk for damaging winds and large hail through the

overnight hours.  A tornado or two cannot be ruled out with

circulations embedded in the squall line.  The storms may reach the

I-35 corridor, including Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin-San Antonio,

around 2-4 am CDT.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 100

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north of Mineral

Wells TX to 70 miles southeast of Del Rio TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 94...WW 95...



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

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

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

26035.



...Thompson

