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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 320

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WITHIN A MOIST/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...STRONG TO SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL WILL

BE POSSIBLE NEAR A SURFACE TROUGH AND ARCING FRONT THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP SOUTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF THE REGION

LATE TONIGHT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF

WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 317...WW 318...WW 319...



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 26020.





...GUYER

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