WW 348 SEVERE TSTM TX 290110Z – 290700Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 348
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
810 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
South and Deep South Texas
* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 810 PM
until 200 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY…A linear cluster of thunderstorms will likely continue
east-southeastward through the Watch area this evening into tonight.
Severe gusts ranging from 60-80 mph are possible with the more
intense downdrafts. Large hail may accompany the stronger embedded
thunderstorm cores.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest
of Cotulla TX to 15 miles west southwest of Mcallen TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 344…WW 345…WW
346…WW 347…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28035.
…Smith
