WWUS20 KWNS 021736
SEL2
SPC WW 021736
TXZ000-030100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 212
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1240 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central Texas

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 1240 PM until
  800 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify and become more widespread
through the afternoon, within a very moist and unstable air mass.
Supercells capable of very large hail, damaging winds, and perhaps a
tornado will be possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west northwest
of Austin TX to 25 miles south southeast of Lufkin TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 209...WW 210...WW 211...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.

...Hart