SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 147

WW 147 SEVERE TSTM TX 191920Z – 200300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 147
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
220 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northwest and Southwest Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered 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...Thunderstorm coverage is expected to increase in the
vicinity of stationary boundary extended across the region.
Environmental conditions support discrete supercells capable of all
severe hazards, including very large hail up to 3 to 3.5". Several
strong gusts are possible as well. Any supercells that persist
within the warm sector could produce a tornado or two, but the
overall tornado potential is expected to remain low through the
afternoon.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles east of Dryden
TX to 85 miles north northwest of Mineral Wells TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Mosier

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