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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 709
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WW0709 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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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
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