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WWUS20 KWNS 280106
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 338
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
810 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  South Texas

* Effective this Monday night from 810 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter
    possible

SUMMARY...A cluster or two of severe thunderstorms will likely move
across the Rio Grande into South Texas this evening.  The stronger
storms will be capable of severe gusts (60-70 mph) and large to very
large hail (up to 2.5 inches in diameter).  This activity will
likely diminish by late evening into the early overnight.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles north northwest
of Cotulla TX to 15 miles west southwest of Mcallen TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 334...WW 335...WW
336...WW 337...

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
21030.

...Smith