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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 100

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

200 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwest Oklahoma

  Western and northwest Texas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will gradually intensify along and

ahead of the dryline into the early evening. Some of these will

develop into supercells with the primary hazards being very large

hail and a few tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles southwest of San Angelo TX to

30 miles northwest of Altus OK. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 25030.



...Grams

