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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 180

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF SOUTWESTERN TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF

TEXAS FROM EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND BIG BEND REGION

EASTWARD TOWARD THE CONCHO VALLEY/EDWARDS PLATEAU.  A

CONTINUED/GRADUAL INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED OVER THE

NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 150 MILES WEST NORTHWEST

OF JUNCTION TEXAS TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HONDO TEXAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 29025.





...GOSS

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