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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 229

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

710 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH-CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WITHIN AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...A SLOW-MOVING CONVECTIVE

SYSTEM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SLOWLY ACCELERATE AND PROGRESS

GENERALLY SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND

WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS. DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE

PRIMARY RISKS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS TEXAS TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JUNCTION 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 227...WW 228...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 29020.





...GUYER

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