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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 47

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

440 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central to northeast Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 440 PM

  until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Multiple discrete supercells are expected, initially

across central Texas where the relatively greatest threat should

exist for very large hail and a couple tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

north and south of a line from 50 miles northeast of Corsicana TX to

70 miles south southwest of Brownwood TX. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24030.



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