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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 156
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 156
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   235 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
   OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF COTULLA TEXAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   &&
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
   AND SOUTHERN TX THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THIS EVENING.
   NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS A STRONGER FRONTAL
   SURGE SPREADING SEWD LATER TODAY/TONIGHT WILL HELP TO FOCUS STORMS
   AMIDST POCKETS OF STRONG TO LOCALLY EXTREME INSTABILITY. STORMS ALSO
   INITIATING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NRN COAHUILA MEXICO SHOULD TRACK
   EWD ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE AND FURTHER POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE HAIL
   AND WIND. SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN MODERATE TO STRONG
   WITH INTENSE HIGH LEVEL WINDS SUPPORTING MASS EVACUATION AND UPDRAFT
   POTENCY. IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND A POSSIBLY EVOLVING
   DAMAGING WIND THREAT...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH
   ANY DISCRETE CELL FORMING PREFERENTIALLY ON/ALONG REMNANT AND
   STORM-SCALE BOUNDARIES WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SHEAR WILL BE
   MAXIMIZED.
   
   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 28025.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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