Severe Thunderstorm Watch 82

Issued

Apr 9, 2021, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)

Expired

Apr 10, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

60%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 345 Severe potential...watch likelyApr 9, 3:14 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 346 Severe potential...watch possibleApr 9, 3:59 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 354 Severe thunderstorm watch 82Apr 9, 8:21 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 355 Severe thunderstorm watch 82...83...84Apr 9, 10:47 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 092124
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SPC WW 092124
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 82
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
425 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  North and central Texas

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 425 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter likely
  Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Multiple supercells are expected to develop along the
dryline, first near the Waco vicinity and eventually farther north
towards the Metroplex. Large hail up to baseball size should be the
primary threat.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles east northeast
of Sherman TX to 30 miles southeast of Temple 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 76...WW 77...WW 78...WW
79...WW 80...WW 81...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29030.

...Grams

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2021

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.