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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 201

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1030 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1030 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...N-S SQUALL LINE NOW E OF LAREDO TX...WITH EMBEDDED

SUSTAINED STORMS AND CIRCULATIONS...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY

EAST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...POSING A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND AND

POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF BEEVILLE TEXAS TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCALLEN

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 197...WW 198...WW

199...WW 200...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23025.





...CORFIDI

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