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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 410

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

810 PM CDT Fri Oct 12 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West Texas



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 810 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Isolated severe thunderstorms will remain possible this

evening initially across the Stockton Plateau vicinity. Other storms

should continue to develop and intensify through late evening across

other parts of the Transpecos. These storms will continue to spread

east-northeastward through the overnight, with the strongest storms

capable of hail, locally damaging winds, and possibly even a tornado

given a relatively moist environment and strengthening low-level

winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles northwest of

Marfa TX to 70 miles southeast of Midland TX. 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 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

24025.



...Guyer

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