WW 340 SEVERE TSTM TX 191950Z – 200300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 340
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
250 PM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central Texas
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until
1000 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter possible
Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible
SUMMARY...Isolated intense thunderstorms are expected to form this
afternoon over the watch area. Very large hail and damaging wind
gusts are possible with the strongest cells.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles south southwest
of Junction TX to 50 miles northwest of Brownwood TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28025.
...Hart
