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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 225
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN INTENSE SUPERCELL WILL LIKELY POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE
TO VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER AS IT TRACKS
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE HOUSTON METRO AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. ADDITIONAL ROBUST THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLLEGE STATION TX TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON TX. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 223...WW 224...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28030.
...GLEASON
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