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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 226

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

730 PM CDT Tue May 16 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West/west-central Texas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 730 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...The potential for supercells will continue to increase

into the Texas low rolling Plains this evening, including risks for

large hail and possibly a tornado or two. Additional storms should

increase across far west/southwest Texas this evening, with these

storms increasing and developing eastward into the overnight with

mainly hail and damaging winds risks.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 75 miles north northwest

of Abilene TX to 35 miles east southeast of Dryden 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 220...WW 221...WW

222...WW 223...WW 224...WW 225...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

23025.



...Guyer

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