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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 442

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

730 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northeast Oklahoma



* Effective this Saturday evening from 730 PM until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter

    possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of storms will continue to move

south-southwestward this evening across the region. Large hail will

remain a possibility, and severe-caliber wind gusts could also

occur.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west of Tulsa

OK to 30 miles northeast of Muskogee OK. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 441...



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 600. Mean storm motion vector

02015.



...Guyer

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