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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 196
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
135 PM CDT Sun May 10 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  West, Central, and North-Central Texas

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Supercells should initially develop this afternoon and
pose a threat for mainly large to very large hail up to 1.5-2.5
inches in diameter. A tornado or two may also occur with any
supercell that can anchor along/near a southward-moving front.
Otherwise, the threat for scattered to numerous severe/damaging
winds is expected to increase through the afternoon and evening as
thunderstorms grow upscale into an intense bowing cluster. Peak
gusts may reach up to 70-80 mph on an isolated basis.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles south
southwest of Big Spring TX to 40 miles east of Stephenville TX. For
a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30030.

...Gleason