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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 87

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

545 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  A small part of central and north Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 545 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms developing in the Stephenville to Comanche

corridor will likely persist and spread eastward through the

evening.  The storm environment will favor supercells capable of

producing large hail initially, while the risk for a few damaging

gusts may increase by late evening as storms grow into short line

segments.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 85 miles east northeast

of Stephenville TX to 45 miles southeast of Stephenville TX. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 85...WW 86...



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

27030.



...Thompson

