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SEL3
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 223
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
705 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Parts of northwest into central Texas
* Effective this Sunday night from 705 PM until Midnight CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
SUMMARY...Multiple thunderstorm cluster and boundary mergers are
expected this evening into the early overnight hours. The storms
will primarily be multicell in structure, but strong instability
suggests the potential for large hail with the newer storm
development, and damaging outflow winds after storm mergers and core
collapses.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles north of Abilene
TX to 30 miles south southeast of Junction TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 217...WW 218...WW
219...WW 220...WW 221...WW 222...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28020.
...Thompson
SEL3
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 223
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
705 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Parts of northwest into central Texas
* Effective this Sunday night from 705 PM until Midnight CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
SUMMARY...Multiple thunderstorm cluster and boundary mergers are
expected this evening into the early overnight hours. The storms
will primarily be multicell in structure, but strong instability
suggests the potential for large hail with the newer storm
development, and damaging outflow winds after storm mergers and core
collapses.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles north of Abilene
TX to 30 miles south southeast of Junction TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 217...WW 218...WW
219...WW 220...WW 221...WW 222...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28020.
...Thompson
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW3
WW 223 SEVERE TSTM TX 250005Z - 250500Z
AXIS..40 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
70N ABI/ABILENE TX/ - 30SSE JCT/JUNCTION TX/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 35NM E/W /58N ABI - 32SSE JCT/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28020.
LAT...LON 33439899 30129891 30120025 33430037
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU3.
Watch 223 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 223
VALID 250325Z - 250440Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 ENE JCT
TO 55 WSW SPS.
..BROYLES..05/25/20
ATTN...WFO...EWX...SJT...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 223
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
TXC031-049-053-091-209-299-411-447-453-491-250440-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BLANCO BROWN BURNET
COMAL HAYS LLANO
SAN SABA THROCKMORTON TRAVIS
WILLIAMSON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 223
VALID 250245Z - 250340Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 SE JCT TO
30 S ABI TO 75 S CDS.
..BROYLES..05/25/20
ATTN...WFO...EWX...SJT...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 223
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
TXC031-049-053-059-083-091-171-207-209-253-299-307-319-411-417-
447-453-491-250340-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BLANCO BROWN BURNET
CALLAHAN COLEMAN COMAL
GILLESPIE HASKELL HAYS
JONES LLANO MCCULLOCH
MASON SAN SABA SHACKELFORD
THROCKMORTON TRAVIS WILLIAMSON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
|
Low (<5%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
|
Low (<2%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (60%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
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Low (20%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
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Mod (60%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
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Mod (60%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
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High (>95%)
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For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
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