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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 50

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

310 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far West Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 310 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter

    possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...At least a couple supercells should develop across parts

of the Big Bend region and consolidate into a cluster that spreads

east of the Pecos River this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south of Marfa

TX to 60 miles north of Del Rio 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

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

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

23030.



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