WWUS20 KWNS 222300 SEL9 SPC WW 222300 TXZ000-230500- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 519 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 600 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2015 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TO WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 600 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE SUMMARY...A FEW ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. WHILE A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...AND SEVERE GUSTS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1875 FOR METEOROLOGICAL REASONING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 110 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION TEXAS TO 40 MILES NORTH OF JUNCTION TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). 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. && 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025. ...EDWARDS