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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 278
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
230 PM CDT Sat May 17 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest and North-Central Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 4
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will rapidly intensify this afternoon.
Supercells capable of very large hail and damaging winds will be a
concern through the early evening.  A tornado or two is also
possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles north of Fort
Worth TX to 5 miles south of Waco 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 277...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
4 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Hart