SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 43
WW 43 SEVERE TSTM TX 150755Z – 151500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 43
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
East-Central into Southeast and East Texas
* Effective this Saturday morning from 255 AM until 1000 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Widely scattered to scattered storms are forecast to
continue to develop and intensify overnight into the morning across
the Watch area. The stronger storms will be supercells capable of a
large-hail and damaging-wind risk. A tornado cannot be ruled out as
storms approach the Sabine River during the morning.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest
of College Station TX to 50 miles east southeast of Longview TX. For
a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 36...WW 37...WW 38...WW
40...WW 41...WW 42...
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
24040.
...Smith
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