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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 565

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

235 PM PDT Fri Aug 9 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest and Central Oregon



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until

  1000 PM PDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to intensify across

the watch area through the afternoon and early evening.  A few of

the storms are expected to become severe, with a risk of hail and

damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west southwest

of Klamath Falls OR to 30 miles north northwest of Redmond OR. 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 564...



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

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

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

18030.



...Hart

