Severe Thunderstorm Watch 96

Issued

Apr 15, 2021, 8:36 AM CDT (13:36 UTC)

Expired

Apr 15, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

5%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

70%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 387 Severe potential...watch possibleApr 15, 8:17 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 388 Severe thunderstorm watch 96Apr 15, 10:56 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 389 Severe thunderstorm watch 96Apr 15, 12:24 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 96
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
835 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  The Edwards Plateau of central Texas

* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 835 AM until
  300 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Elevated supercells are expected through the morning and
potentially into the early afternoon across the Edwards Plateau and
parts of the Hill Country.  The storm environment will favor the
potential for isolated very large hail (baseball size or larger),
along with isolated damaging gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast
of Junction TX to 25 miles southeast of Del Rio 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.

&&

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
27020.

...Thompson

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.