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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 288

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

600 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  The Permian Basin of west central Texas



* Effective this Saturday evening from 600 PM until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to form and grow into multicell

clusters in the area immediately west of Midland, and then spread

east-southeastward through late evening.  The storm environment will

favor damaging outflow gusts as the main threat, though the

strongest developing storms may also produce isolated large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest

of Big Spring TX to 55 miles west southwest of San Angelo 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 286...WW 287...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

28020.



...Thompson

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