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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 54

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

735 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN TEXAS TO 60 MILES WEST OF NEW BRAUNFELS

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 51...WW 52...WW 53...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED RECENTLY ALONG

THE DRYLINE...AND THIS CONVECTION SHOULD PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS AS

IT ENCOUNTERS RICHER MOISTURE TO ITS E-SE.  LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED

DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE RISKS.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 28030.





...THOMPSON

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