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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 196

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

345 PM CDT Wed May 20 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West/Northwest Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 345 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop in several

sub-regional corridors across west/northwest Texas, initially

including areas such as the western/southern Texas Panhandle and

Texas South Plains and southward toward the Permian Basin. Large

hail is expected. Some tornado threat could also exist. By evening,

storms will merge and severe-caliber winds will be an increased

threat as storms spread east/southeastward.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest

of Borger TX to 70 miles southwest of San Angelo 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 195...



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

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

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

26015.



...Guyer

