WW 57 SEVERE TSTM TX CW 211125Z – 211800Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 57
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
625 AM CDT Thu Mar 21 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Middle Texas Coastal Plain
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 625 AM until
100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible
SUMMARY…Thunderstorms will increase in coverage/intensity this
morning while spreading east and northeastward near the middle Texas
Coast. A couple of slightly elevated supercells will be possible,
with the potential to produce 1-2 inch diameter hail and isolated
damaging gusts near 60 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles south of
Victoria TX to 45 miles northwest of Angleton TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26020.
…Thompson
