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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 86

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

400 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Oklahoma

  North-central Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Multiple corridors of supercell thunderstorms are expected

to develop and increase through the late afternoon and early evening

hours. Potentially very large hail will be the most common hazard,

but a tornado risk is also likely to increase by early evening as

low-level moisture continues to increase. The greatest overall

severe and tornado risk is expected across south-central/southeast

Oklahoma and north-central Texas.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest of Ponca City

OK to 15 miles southeast of Dallas TX. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 85...



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 23035.



...Guyer

