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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 106

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

320 PM CDT Sat Apr 1 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Texas Big Country



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will form this afternoon over parts of

western North TX and spread across the watch area.  The most intense

storms will be capable of large hail and damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles north of Abilene

TX to 25 miles southeast of San Angelo TX. 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.



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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 500. Mean storm motion vector

22030.



...Hart

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