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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 31

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

345 PM CDT Sat Mar 23 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Oklahoma



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A few severe thunderstorms are expected to form this

afternoon across the watch area, posing a risk of large hail.  An

isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north of

Chandler OK to 10 miles west of Durant OK. 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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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 450. Mean storm motion vector

25030.



...Hart

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