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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 101

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

705 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South central Texas



* Effective this Friday evening from 705 PM until 1100 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...A few storms now forming near and south of San Antonio may

persist for a few more hours while spreading eastward.  The storm

environment will support supercells capable of producing isolated

very large hail and damaging gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles south

southwest of San Antonio TX to 75 miles east of New Braunfels TX.

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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 98...WW 99...WW 100...



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

27025.



...Thompson

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