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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 201

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  EASTERN PANHANDLE OF TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...LOOSELY ORGANIZED BUT INTERMITTENTLY SEVERE AREA OF

THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPREAD NORTHWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA...AS WE GO DEEPER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  THE MAIN

THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW DAMAGING OR SEVERE GUSTS ALSO

ARE POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 110 MILES WEST NORTHWEST

OF CLINTON OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ALTUS OKLAHOMA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



&&



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24015.





...EDWARDS

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