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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 185

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

735 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  West-central Texas



* Effective this Monday evening from 735 PM until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 90

    mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Intense supercells within a broader cluster should spread

southeast across a portion of the Big Country and Concho Valley

region through late evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

north and south of a line from 15 miles west of San Angelo TX to 95

miles east northeast of San Angelo TX. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 181...WW 182...WW

183...WW 184...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 80 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean

storm motion vector 31020.



...Grams

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