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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 351

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WW 351 SEVERE TSTM TX 300555Z – 301000Z
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 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 351
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1255 AM CDT Thu May 30 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of The Texas South Plains * Effective this Thursday morning from 1255 AM until 500 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A long-lived supercell may persist for a few more hours
while moving slowly southeastward into Texas from New Mexico. The
storm environment suggests the storm could maintain intensity, with
the potential to produce isolated large hail to 2 inches in diameter
and severe gusts up to 75 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west northwest
of Lubbock TX to 10 miles north northeast of Lubbock TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
31015. ...Thompson

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