WW 553 SEVERE TSTM TX 242100Z – 250200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 553 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 400 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of West-central and Western North Texas * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until 900 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Storms will continue to intensify near an eastward moving cold front and along a modifying boundary to its east, where warm/moist air resides. The strongest storms will be capable of severe hail and damaging wind gusts through early/mid-evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles south southwest of Abilene TX to 20 miles south of Stephenville 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 26035. ...Guyer
