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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 272

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 272

[html]WW 272 SEVERE TSTM TX CW 250435Z - 251000Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 272
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1235 AM EDT Wed May 25 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  South and southeast Texas
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Wednesday morning from 1235 AM until 600 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Extensive squall line should accelerate east-southeast
overnight with mainly strong to isolated severe wind gusts
potentially producing scattered damage.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles southwest of
Alice TX to 30 miles east northeast of Huntsville TX. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 270...WW 271...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29040.

...Grams


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 272 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0272.html)