SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch: West and Southwest Texas

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 724
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   515 PM CST Sat Dec 23 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     West and Southwest Texas

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 515 PM until
     1100 PM CST.

   * Primary threats include...
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop
   through early evening and spread generally east-northeastward this
   evening, with the strongest storms capable of hail and gusty winds.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of Big
   Spring TX to 25 miles west southwest of Dryden TX. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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
   1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
   cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   25025.

   ...Guyer