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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 179

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

710 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northwest Texas



* Effective this Sunday evening from 710 PM until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A couple slow-moving supercells should spread southeast

with large hail as the primary hazard and may congeal into a small

cluster with severe wind possible as well.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west northwest

of Lubbock TX to 105 miles east of Lubbock 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 177...WW 178...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

32020.



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