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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 189

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

915 PM CDT Fri May 15 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 915 PM

  until 400 AM 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



SUMMARY...An expansive line of thunderstorms will track across much

of central Texas tonight, with the potential for large hail and

damaging wind gusts in the strongest cells.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

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

of Sherman TX to 40 miles southwest of Alice TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 186...WW 188...



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

27030.



...Hart

