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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 53

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

440 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West Texas



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 440 PM until Midnight

  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

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to develop

across the region including some supercells capable of large hail

and damaging winds. A tornado risk cannot be ruled out near the warm

front.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90

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

of Abilene TX to 35 miles east southeast of Dryden 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 52...



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

24025.



...Guyer

