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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 97

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

245 PM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South-central/Southeast Texas



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 3 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Multiple corridors of strong to severe thunderstorms will

continue to intensify within an increasingly unstable environment,

with such initial development near the I-35 corridor through

mid/late afternoon. Supercells and well-organized clusters can be

expected with large hail and damaging winds possible as storms

spread east-southeastward toward east/southeast Texas and the

coastal plain through evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 110

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north of Lufkin

TX to 25 miles south of Cotulla 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 96...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Guyer

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