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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 230
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High High

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 230
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   125 PM CDT Wed May 27 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and Southeast Texas
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 125 PM
     until 900 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
       inches in diameter likely
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms will continue to develop across the
   central Texas this afternoon and track southeastward toward the
   coast.  Very large hail and damaging wind gusts are the primary
   threats.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles either side of a line from 25 miles southwest of
   Stephenville TX to 20 miles south southeast 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.

   &&

   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
   29030.

   ...Hart
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