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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 133

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southeast Oklahoma

  North-central Texas



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3.5

    inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Intense supercells are expected to initiate along the

dryline in north-central Texas and the surface front in southeast

Oklahoma by about 6 PM CDT. Very large hail will be the primary

initial threat, but tornadoes and significant severe winds will be

possible as well. Supercells should grow upscale into one or more

clusters with an increasing risk of damaging winds this evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 10 miles northeast of Muskogee OK to 40

miles southwest of Waco TX. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 128...WW 129...WW

130...WW 131...WW 132...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean

storm motion vector 25030.



...Grams

