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WWUS20 KWNS 132026

SEL5

SPC WW 132026

KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-140400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 175

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF SOUTHERN KANSAS

  NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS AND VICINITY



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NOW DEVELOPING SHOULD INCREASE IN

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE WW

AREA...WHERE LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH

STRONGER STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF

ALVA OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 174...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...GOSS

