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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 49

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1110 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1110 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...AN ORGANIZED NORTH-SOUTH BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL

CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS OVER THE NEXT FEW

HOURS...BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE.  STRONGEST PORTIONS OF THE LINE WILL

BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST

OF ALICE TEXAS TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF ALICE TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27040.





...GOSS

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