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WWUS20 KWNS 171950
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SPC WW 171950
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 280
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 PM CDT Sat May 17 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  West-Central Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will affect the watch area through the
afternoon and early evening.  Very unstable conditions will promote
a risk of large hail and damaging winds in the strongest storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles southwest of Del
Rio TX to 45 miles northwest of Temple 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 277...WW 278...WW 279...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25025.

...Hart