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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 242

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

325 PM CDT Sat May 25 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  South Central Kansas

  Western Oklahoma

  Eastern Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 325 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 likely



SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms over west Texas will track into

the watch area, with other storms forming farther east.  Large hail

is the main threat.  However, conditions will become favorable for a

few tornadoes through the late afternoon and evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 70 miles east northeast of Liberal KS

to 80 miles south of Childress TX. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 238...WW 239...WW

240...WW 241...



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 24035.



...Hart

