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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 142

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

810 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  East/Southeast Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 810 AM until

  100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to increase in coverage

and intensity across portions of East/Southeast Texas through the

morning, with severe hail and isolated damaging winds as the primary

hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

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

College Station TX to 65 miles north northeast of Port Arthur 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 141...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

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

25025.



...Guyer

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