WW 13 SEVERE TSTM TX 022330Z – 030600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 13
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
530 PM CST Fri Feb 2 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
West-central and western North Texas
* Effective this Friday afternoon from 530 PM until Midnight CST.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
to 2.5 inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will initially be focused across
western north Texas, with a further increase in storm coverage and
intensity across the Big Country and Edwards Plateau vicinities this
evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles south southwest
of Hondo TX to 100 miles north of Abilene TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
25025.
...Guyer
