332  
WWUS20 KWNS 010047  
SEL2  
SPC WW 010047  
TXZ000-010500-  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 202  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
750 PM CDT WED APR 30 2025  
 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
CENTRAL INTO EAST TEXAS  
 
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 750 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE  
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
 
SUMMARY...A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL LIKELY  
CONTINUE TO POSE A RISK FOR MAINLY SEVERE GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL  
THROUGH THE EVENING, FROM EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INTO  
EAST TEXAS.  
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45  
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF  
TEMPLE TX TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST 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 198...WW 199...WW  
200...WW 201...  
 
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO  
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A  
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR  
27035.  
 
...SMITH  
 
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