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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 7

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

250 PM CST Sun Jan 15 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West-central Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until

  1000 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to increase

through the late afternoon and early evening hours ahead of an upper

low nearing the El Paso vicinity at mid-afternoon. The majority of

these will occur with a linear band of east/northeastward-moving

storms, although a few isolated supercells could occur ahead of the

convective line. Damaging winds should be the primary severe risk

overall, but some hail will be possible as well, and a tornado or

two cannot be ruled out, particularly across the Edwards Plateau

vicinity near a warm front.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north of Abilene

TX to 40 miles south southeast of Del Rio TX. 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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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

24035.



...Guyer

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