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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 203

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far Southern Oklahoma

  Western North Texas



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 125 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon along

a remnant boundary, with supercells possible.  Very large hail is

the primary threat, although locally damaging winds or a brief

tornado are also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 95 miles west southwest

of Wichita Falls TX to 45 miles northeast of Mineral Wells 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 202...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Hart

