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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 397

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

535 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South Plains and eastern Panhandle of Texas



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning from 535

  PM until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of thunderstorms should affect a greater

proportion of the watch area through the evening, following

more-isolated severe storms.  Large hail and severe wind are the

main concerns.  Severe wind will be more of a threat with time into

this evening.  See SPC mesoscale discussion 1124 for initial

meteorological details.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles south of Lubbock

TX to 30 miles north northeast of Amarillo 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 394...WW 395...WW 396...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



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