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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 134

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1040 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1040 AM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF COTULLA TEXAS TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN

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.



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DISCUSSION...ALTHOUGH SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY HAVE BEEN

OCCURRING...A SMALL CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO

EVOLVE AND WILL POSE A RISK FOR SEVERE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS ACROSS AT

LEAST NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA AS EARLY AS

17-18Z.  ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT APPEARS

LIKELY AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES ACROSS ADJACENT SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS WESTWARD INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...KERR

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