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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 526

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1105 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Western and Northern Oklahoma

  Northwest Texas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1105 PM

  until 600 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Broken quasi-linear clusters of storms will move

east-northeastward across the region overnight. Damaging winds will

be possible through the overnight/early morning hours. A few mostly

brief tornadoes will also be a possibility given the unseasonably

high moisture content and robust low-level shear.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles

east and west of a line from 15 miles north northwest of Alva OK to

20 miles west southwest of Altus OK. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 522...WW 523...WW

524...WW 525...



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

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 22035.



...Guyer

