Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 43

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 43
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   255 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     East-Central into Southeast and East Texas

   * Effective this Saturday morning from 255 AM until 1000 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Widely scattered to scattered storms are forecast to
   continue to develop and intensify overnight into the morning across
   the Watch area.  The stronger storms will be supercells capable of a
   large-hail and damaging-wind risk.  A tornado cannot be ruled out as
   storms approach the Sabine River during the morning.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
   statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest
   of College Station TX to 50 miles east southeast of Longview 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 36...WW 37...WW 38...WW
   40...WW 41...WW 42...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   24040.

   ...Smith

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The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW3 
   WW 43 SEVERE TSTM TX 150755Z - 151500Z
   AXIS..75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   55WSW CLL/COLLEGE STATION TX/ - 50ESE GGG/LONGVIEW TX/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 65NM N/S /17ESE CWK - 41S EIC/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

   LAT...LON 31369722 33189393 31029393 29199722

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU3.

Watch 43 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

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Tornadoes

Wind

Hail

Combined Severe Hail/Wind

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.