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SEL8 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1050 AM CDT Thu May 16 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central Texas * Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 1050 AM until 500 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Clusters of storms, including both supercells and bowing segments, are expected to continue to increase in coverage and intensify into the afternoon, mainly along and south of an outflow boundary that continues to move southward. Damaging winds of 60-70 mph will be the most common threat, though any more discrete/supercell storms could produce large hail of 1-2 inches in diameter. An isolated tornado or two could also occur with favorable storm/boundary interactions. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles north northwest of Junction TX to 50 miles southeast of Temple 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector 29030. ...Thompson