WW 232 SEVERE TSTM TX 061450Z – 062100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 232
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
950 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
North-central and Northeast Texas
* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 950 AM until
400 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Mainly elevated supercells should pose some threat for
large hail up to 1-2 inches in diameter. Some increase in the
severe/damaging wind threat may occur by this afternoon along/near a
warm front across east-central TX, where a tornado or two will also
be possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles south
southwest of Fort Worth TX to 35 miles east of Longview 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 230...WW 231...
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 500. Mean storm motion vector
21035.
...Gleason