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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 226

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY INCLUDING A FEW

SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH MID-EVENING.

THE STORMS WILL POSE A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND

PERHAPS A TORNADO AS THEY GROW INTO CLUSTERS THIS EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF

BROWNWOOD TEXAS TO 20 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 225...



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

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

MOTION VECTOR 26020.





...CORFIDI

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