Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 205

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 205
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   440 PM CDT Thu May 1 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     South-Central and South Texas

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon from 440 PM until Midnight
     CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3.5
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast to
   develop through the late afternoon and into the evening.  A very
   unstable airmass and adequate deep-layer shear will promote
   supercell development.  Large to giant hail is possible with the
   stronger storms.  By this evening, a few storms may congeal and move
   east of the Rio Grande into parts of south Texas, posing a risk for
   large hail and severe gusts.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
   statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles northwest of
   Junction TX to 50 miles west southwest of Laredo TX. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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 203...WW 204...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   3.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
   31010.

   ...Smith

   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 205
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   440 PM CDT Thu May 1 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     South-Central and South Texas

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon from 440 PM until Midnight
     CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3.5
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast to
   develop through the late afternoon and into the evening.  A very
   unstable airmass and adequate deep-layer shear will promote
   supercell development.  Large to giant hail is possible with the
   stronger storms.  By this evening, a few storms may congeal and move
   east of the Rio Grande into parts of south Texas, posing a risk for
   large hail and severe gusts.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
   statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles northwest of
   Junction TX to 50 miles west southwest of Laredo TX. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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 203...WW 204...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   3.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
   31010.

   ...Smith

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

   SAW5 
   WW 205 SEVERE TSTM TX 012140Z - 020500Z
   AXIS..80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   15NW JCT/JUNCTION TX/ - 50WSW LRD/LAREDO TX/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 70NM E/W /8WNW JCT - 45WSW LRD/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..3.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..65 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 31010.

   LAT...LON 30679860 27279892 27270152 30670129

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU5.

Watch 205 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.