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SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 224 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 545 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of West Central Louisiana Central and East Texas * Effective this Thursday afternoon from 545 PM until Midnight CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3 inches in diameter likely A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Isolated supercell thunderstorms over central Texas will track eastward and become more numerous through the evening, spreading across the watch area. Very large hail and perhaps a tornado are the main threats early, with an increasing risk of damaging winds by late evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles either side of a line from 75 miles west of Austin TX to 105 miles east northeast of Lufkin TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 219...WW 220...WW 221...WW 222...WW 223... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 29030. ...Hart