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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 177

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

650 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Parts of central and interior southeast Texas



* Effective this Saturday evening from 650 PM until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Storms will continue to develop along a cold front that

will move southeastward through the evening.  The strongest storms

will be capable of producing large hail and damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

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

of College Station TX to 30 miles southeast of New Braunfels 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 174...WW 175...WW 176...



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 600. Mean storm motion vector

22025.



...Thompson

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