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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 342
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1105 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Texas
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Tuesday morning and evening from 1105 AM until
  600 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to intensify through the
afternoon and spread southeastward across the watch area.  The
strongest cells will be capable of damaging wind gusts and large
hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles west southwest
of College Station TX to 25 miles north northeast of Port Arthur TX.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 341...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29035.

...Hart