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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 128

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

900 PM CDT Fri May 3 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South and southeast Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 900 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Line of strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to

progress east-southeast towards the Gulf Coast overnight. Damaging

winds will be the primary hazard, but a brief tornado is possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles either side of a line from 35 miles south of Cotulla

TX to 25 miles north northwest of Houston 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 125...WW 126...WW 127...



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

28025.



...Grams

