SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 177

WW 177 SEVERE TSTM TX 262245Z – 270300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 177
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
545 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southwest Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 545 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter
    possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Isolated supercells will pose mainly a large hail risk
through early/mid-evening across the region.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of
Wink TX to 40 miles southeast of Midland 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 175...WW 176...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
24025.

...Guyer

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