SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 215

WW 215 SEVERE TSTM TX 022010Z – 030300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 215
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
310 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  West Central Texas

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 310 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...Widely scattered supercell thunderstorms are expected to
develop this afternoon across the watch area.  These storms will
drift southeastward through the early evening, posing a risk of very
large hail and damaging winds.  A tornado is also possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 80 miles north of Del Rio
TX to 15 miles west southwest of Cotulla TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 209...WW 210...WW
211...WW 212...WW 213...WW 214...

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
28025.

...Hart

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