WW 66 SEVERE TSTM TX 011930Z – 020200Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 66
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
230 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Parts of central and northwest Texas
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY…Scattered severe storms are expected to form this
afternoon along a dryline in west central Texas, and storms will
spread east-northeastward through this evening. Supercells with
very large hail (2-3 inch diameter) and isolated damaging gusts
(60-70 mph) will be the main threats.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest
of Mineral Wells TX to 35 miles east of San Angelo TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 64…WW 65…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
24040.
…Thompson
