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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 121

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

345 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Oklahoma

  Eastern Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to form over the eastern Texas

Panhandle and Western Oklahoma late this afternoon, tracking

southeastward toward northwest Texas.  A few severe storms capable

of very large hail and damaging winds are possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles northeast of Gage

OK to 55 miles west southwest of Wichita Falls TX. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 120...



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

30025.



...Hart

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