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SEL9 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 709 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 945 PM CST Sun Nov 17 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of West Texas * Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 945 PM until 400 AM CST. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms will intensify tonight over west Texas and accelerate northeastward across the watch area. Damaging wind gusts are the primary concern, although there will be an increasing risk of an embedded tornado or two with time. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles southeast of Fort Stockton TX to 90 miles north northwest of Abilene TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). 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 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 23035. ...Hart