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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 52

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

105 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western North Texas



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 105 PM until

  700 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 60 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A supercell or two embedded within a slow-moving cluster

will pose a risk for large hail this afternoon. A brief tornado or

two is also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles either side of a line from 60 miles southwest of

Childress TX to 105 miles southeast of Childress TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 51...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A

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

25025.



...Grams

