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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 115

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

825 PM CDT Tue Apr 27 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southern Oklahoma

  Western and Northern Texas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 825 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A broken band of storms will continue to move

east-northeastward across northern Texas and southern Oklahoma this

evening, with additional storm development occurring across west

Texas into the overnight. Damaging winds and severe hail are the

primary concerns, but a tornado could occur as well.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northwest of

Ardmore OK to 30 miles southeast of Midland TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 113...WW 114...



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

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

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

24025.



...Guyer

