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SPC WW 181950

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 323

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA INCLUDING MUCH OF THE PANHANDLE

  WESTERN TEXAS INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF

PLAINVIEW TEXAS TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 321...WW 322...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE ARE EXPECTED

TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WHILE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS.



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 24020.





...MEAD

