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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 313

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

740 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  The Texas South Plains



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 740 PM

  until 300 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



SUMMARY...Multiple storm-boundary mergers are expected the next few

hours, which is expected to lead to the development of one or two

storm clusters that should persist into the overnight hours.  Large

hail and damaging winds can be expected with the stronger embedded

storms/bowing segments.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west northwest

of Lubbock TX to 40 miles south southeast of Childress 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 303...WW 304...WW

305...WW 306...WW 307...WW 308...WW 309...WW 310...WW 311...WW

312...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

31025.



...Thompson

