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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 93

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  The Edwards Plateau of central Texas



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorm development is expected from 4-5 pm CDT in

areas southeast of San Angelo, and other storms may approach the Rio

Grande near Del Rio later this evening.  The storm environment will

favor splitting supercells capable of producing isolated very large

hail (near or larger than tennis balls), as well as isolated

damaging outflow gusts through late evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles north northeast

of Junction TX to 35 miles west southwest of Del Rio 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.



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

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

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

28015.



...Thompson

