Saturday, August 29, 2020

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 473

WW 473 SEVERE TSTM TX 300135Z - 300500Z
WW 0473 Image

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 473
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
835 PM CDT Sat Aug 29 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Texas Panhandle and South Plains

* Effective this Saturday night from 835 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A loosely organized complex of storms will continue to
steadily progress east-southeastward across the eastern Texas
Panhandle toward the Low Rolling Plains. Wind-driven large hail can
be expected with the most intense storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west northwest
of Childress TX to 20 miles northeast of Childress TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 470...WW 471...WW 472...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28030.

...Guyer

Read more

from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0473.html

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