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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 48

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

500 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  North and northeast Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 500 PM

  until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Multiple supercells are expected to develop

north-northeast from north-central Texas this evening. Large hail is

expected to be the primary hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of

Fort Worth TX to 50 miles southeast of Paris TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 47...



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

22040.



...Grams

