Severe Weather Preparedness Drill, Warning Basis Statement (English)

* AT 1220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE 70 MPH WINDS...14 MILES SOUTH OF SAN YGNACIO...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

This is the reason we issued the warning.

The time we detected a severe thunderstorm on radar or someone reported a severe thunderstorm.

What makes the storm dangerous or damaging? is it wind or hail, a tornado? How big is the hail. All of this will be here.

Where is the storm? What direction is it moving?

Sometimes there may be a combination of reports from earlier with this storm and where it is currently located, using radar.

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