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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 190
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1255 AM CDT Sat May 16 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Texas
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Saturday morning from 1255 AM until 500 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Squall line with a history of strong to locally severe
wind gusts will likely persist east into southeast Texas before
weakening towards dawn.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west of
Angleton TX to 30 miles north northeast of Galveston 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 189...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
25035.

...Grams