SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 712

WW 712 SEVERE TSTM TX 250015Z – 250600Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 712
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
615 PM CST Tue Dec 24 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central into East/Southeast Texas

* Effective this Tuesday night from 615 PM until Midnight CST.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Supercells will pose a threat for large hail around 1-1.75
inches in diameter this evening. Eventual upscale growth into a line
may result in some threat for severe/damaging winds. A tornado or
two also appears possible this evening with any sustained supercell.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 5 miles east southeast
of Lufkin TX to 45 miles west southwest of College Station TX. For a
complete 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
27020.

...Gleason

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