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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 542

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  EASTERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 150 AM UNTIL 700 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INTENSE SQUALL LINE OVER CENTRAL OK WILL TRACK RAPIDLY

EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THIS MORNING.  STRONG WIND FIELDS AHEAD

OF THE STORMS WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS

ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CONVECTION.  AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO

OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

DURANT OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 539...WW 540...WW 541...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...HART

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