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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 18

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

835 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West and Northwest Texas



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 835 PM

  until 200 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Multiple cluster of intense thunderstorms are affecting

the watch area.  Storms are likely to re-develop in the next few

hours, maintaining a risk of a few severe storms capable of large

hail and damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest

of Plainview TX to 35 miles east of Childress 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 17...



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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Hart

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