WW 709 SEVERE TSTM TX 180345Z – 181000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 709
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
945 PM CST Sun Nov 17 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
West Texas
* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 945 PM
until 400 AM CST.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms will intensify tonight over west
Texas and accelerate northeastward across the watch area. Damaging
wind gusts are the primary concern, although there will be an
increasing risk of an embedded tornado or two with time.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles southeast of
Fort Stockton TX to 90 miles north northwest of Abilene 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
23035.
...Hart
