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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 402

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West-Central Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 445 PM

  until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...With a very hot/unstable environment, high-based storms

are likely to continue to intensify as the progress

east/southeastward through the evening. Damaging winds and isolated

large hail are possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles south

southwest of Big Spring TX to 25 miles south southeast of Abilene

TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 400...WW 401...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

29025.



...Guyer

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