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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 62

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Western Oklahoma

  Eastern Texas Panhandle and northwest Texas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 100 PM

  until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely

  Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible



SUMMARY...Additional severe storms will develop along the dryline

over the eastern Texas Panhandle this afternoon and spread east into

western Oklahoma and a part of western North Texas. Very large hail

will be the primary initial hazard, with a risk for tornadoes and

damaging winds increasing late afternoon into early evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles

east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Alva OK to

55 miles southwest of Wichita Falls TX. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU2).



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 61...



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

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Grams

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