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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 99

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

450 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  East-central and southeast Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 450 PM

  until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Linear cluster may intensify as it continues

east-northeast this evening. Damaging winds will be the primary

hazard via strong gusts, but a brief tornado is also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles southwest of

College Station TX to 45 miles northeast of Huntsville TX. 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 98...



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

24025.



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