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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 97

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1040 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far west to north-central Texas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1040 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of strong to locally severe storms may persist

into the early morning. Storms should tend to regenerate along the

same southwest to northeast corridor from the Trans-Pecos to near

the Metroplex.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles either side of a line from 60 miles southwest of Fort

Stockton TX to 50 miles east of Dallas 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...This severe thunderstorm watch replaces

severe thunderstorm watch number 95...severe thunderstorm watch

number 96. Watch number 95 96 will not be in effect after 1040 PM

CDT.



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

26025.



...Grams

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