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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 181

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

910 AM CDT Sat May 18 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northwest Arkansas

  Eastern Oklahoma

  North-Central and Central Texas



* Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 910 AM until

  500 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms will continue to track eastward

across portions of Oklahoma and Texas through day, with occasional

severe storms expected.  Damaging winds are the main threat, but a

few supercells capable of tornadoes are forecast.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles

east and west of a line from 70 miles west southwest of Temple TX to

20 miles west northwest of Grove OK. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 180...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Hart

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