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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 157

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF LAREDO TEXAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF VICTORIA

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 156...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD

INTO SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A SEVERE THREAT

THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE WILL BE PRIMARY THREATS AND

THE STORMS COULD REACH THE TX COAST LATER THIS EVENING.



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 30030.





...BROYLES

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