WW 179 SEVERE TSTM TX 281920Z – 290200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 179
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
220 PM CDT Fri Apr 28 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
South central Texas
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will form and intensify this afternoon along
a cold front, and then spread southeastward through this evening.
The initial storms could be supercells along the front, and in the
separate area near the Rio Grande, with the potential to produce
very large hail to 3 inches in diameter or larger. Otherwise,
upscale growth into line segments will result in an increasing
threat for damaging winds up to 75 mph later this afternoon/evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north of Austin
TX to 60 miles west of Cotulla TX. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 177...WW 178...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
30025.
...Thompson
