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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 232

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

520 PM CDT Wed May 27 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 520 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Multiple supercells should persist through the rest of

this evening  posing a risk for large hail and damaging winds.

Storms should spread southeast, but persistent redevelopment is

likely along the southwest flank.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of

Austin TX to 60 miles south southeast of New Braunfels 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 230...WW 231...



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

3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

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

32030.



...Grams

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