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WWUS20 KWNS 282052

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SPC WW 282052

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 121

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

455 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 455 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RISK FOR HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO EXPECTED TO FORM OVER SEVERAL

AREAS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS EVENING...WITH GENERAL

MOVEMENT/DEVELOPMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF

BORGER TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF AMARILLO TEXAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 119...WW 120...



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 21025.





...CORFIDI

