SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 217

WW 217 SEVERE TSTM TX CW 030050Z – 030700Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 217
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
750 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  South central Texas and the middle Texas coast
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 750 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of storms, including supercells, will spread
southeastward through tonight.  The more intense storms will be
capable of producing large hail up to 2 inches in diameter and
damaging gusts up to 70 mph.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest
of Laredo TX to 40 miles south southeast of Victoria 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 212...WW 213...WW
214...WW 215...WW 216...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
31025.

...Thompson

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