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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 216

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

340 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West and West Central Texas



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will form along the dryline, and along a

cold front sagging into west Texas this afternoon.  Supercells

capable of very large hail and damaging winds will be possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles southwest of

Dryden TX to 15 miles west northwest of Altus OK. 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 214...WW 215...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

27030.



...Hart

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