Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 340

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 340
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1245 AM CDT Wed May 28 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     South-Central into Deep South Texas
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Wednesday morning from 1245 AM until 800 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A small bowing complex should move east-southeastward
   through the morning hours while posing some threat for
   severe/damaging winds and isolated large hail. Additional strong to
   severe thunderstorms may also develop over the next several hours.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west northwest
   of Laredo TX to 55 miles south southeast of Corpus Christi TX. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
   28030.

   ...Gleason

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