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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 170
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
125 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  West Texas

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 125 PM
  until 900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify this afternoon along the
dryline, tracking eastward through the early evening.  Very large
hail and damaging winds are possible, along with an isolated tornado
or two.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast
of Big Spring TX to 40 miles southwest of Dryden TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.

...Hart