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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 389

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

645 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA INCLUDING THE EASTERN PANHANDLE

  NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 645 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STORMS FROM SOUTHWEST KANSAS INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS

PANHANDLE ARE BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED INTO A QLCS AND ACTIVITY IS

EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN OK AND ACROSS

NORTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING.  A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND

LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF ALVA OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 388...



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30025.





...WEISS

