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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 98

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1150 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Parts of south central Texas and the Hill Country



* Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1150 AM until

  700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Mainly elevated thunderstorms are expected to continue

developing through the afternoon, with large hail the main threat.

Isolated damaging gusts, and perhaps a tornado, will be possible

with storms closer to the outflow boundary that will sag southward

near the southern edge of the watch area.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west northwest

of Cotulla TX to 50 miles east southeast of Austin TX. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

23030.



...Thompson

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