Scattered severe thunderstorms will develop along a cold front across the Big Country early this afternoon. The storms will move southeast across the remainder of west central Texas during the afternoon to along the I-10 corridor by early evening. The initial severe storms will have the potential to produce very large hail, larger than golf ball size, and isolated tornadoes. Then damaging winds will become more of a hazard as the storms congeal into a few complexes. Keep up with the latest weather information and have many ways of receiving warnings.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 286 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BROWN CALLAHAN COKE COLEMAN CONCHO CROCKETT IRION MCCULLOCH MENARD RUNNELS SAN SABA SCHLEICHER STERLING SUTTON TOM GREEN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARDEN, BAIRD, BALLINGER, BARNHART, BENOIT, BRADY, BRONTE, BROOME, BROWNWOOD, CARLSBAD, CHAPPEL, CHEROKEE, CLYDE, COLEMAN, CREWS, CROSS PLAINS, DUDLEY, ECHO, EDEN, ELDORADO, ERNA, EULA, FIFE, FISK, FORT MCKAVETT, HARKEYVILLE, HATCHEL, HEXT, INDIAN CREEK, LIVE OAK, LOHN, LOWAKE, MENARD, MERTZON, OZONA, PUMPHREY, ROBERT LEE, ROCHELLE, ROWENA, SAN ANGELO, SAN SABA, SANCO, SHERWOOD, SILVER, SONORA, STERLING CITY, TENNYSON, TRICKHAM, VALERA, VOCA, VOSS, WALL, AND WINTERS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 287 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FISHER HASKELL JONES NOLAN SHACKELFORD TAYLOR THROCKMORTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE, ALBANY, ANSON, FUNSTON, HAMLIN, HASKELL, IRBY, ROBY, ROTAN, STAMFORD, STITH, SWEETWATER, THROCKMORTON, TRUBY, TUXEDO, AND WOODSON.