A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued until 5 AM. This watch includes the Big Country, Concho Valley, and North/Central Texas along and west of Interstate 35/35E. A few cities included: San Angelo, Abilene, Brownwood, Mineral Wells, Gainesville, Denton, Fort Worth, Dallas, Waxahachie, Cleburne, Hillsboro, Waco, and Temple. The strongest storms may produce hail a bit larger than the size of a golfball and straight-line winds up to 70 MPH. Isolated tornadoes are also possible in stronger bowing segments of the squall line tonight. You can find a detailed overnight forecast in my prior post made just before 10 PM. 

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 23
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1025 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and North-Central Texas

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1025 PM
until 500 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY…Thunderstorms are expected to develop and intensify along
a cold front pushing into west Texas. These storms will sweep
eastward overnight across the watch area, posing a risk of damaging
winds and hail. Isolated tornadoes are also possible.

TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BELL BOSQUE BROWN
CALLAHAN COKE COLEMAN
COMANCHE CONCHO COOKE
CORYELL CROCKETT DALLAS
DENTON EASTLAND ELLIS
ERATH FISHER HAMILTON
HASKELL HILL HOOD
IRION JACK JOHNSON
JONES KIMBLE LAMPASAS
MASON MCCULLOCH MCLENNAN
MENARD MILLS MONTAGUE
NOLAN PALO PINTO PARKER
RUNNELS SAN SABA SCHLEICHER
SHACKELFORD SOMERVELL STEPHENS
STERLING SUTTON TARRANT
TAYLOR THROCKMORTON TOM GREEN
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